Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
- Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a railroad equipment manufacturing company founded by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865. It was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
It produced its first locomotive in April 1867. Starting in the 1870s under its superintendent and general manager Daniel A. Wightman, it became known for its production of large locomotives. Its engines were shipped around the world, including to India and Japan.
By 1901, when Pittsburgh had merged with seven other manufacturing companies to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Pittsburgh had produced over 2,400 locomotives. In March 1919, ALCO closed the Pittsburgh facility.
Preserved Pittsburgh locomotives
Following is a list (in serial number order) of Pittsburgh locomotives built before the ALCO merger that have been spared the scrapper's torch. [Sunshine Software, " [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/ Steam Locomotive Information] ". Retrieved October 30 2005.]
Notes
External links
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8164.htm American History Site]
* [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/locobrowse.cfm?bn=Alco%20(Pittsburgh) SteamLocomotive.info] list of extant ALCO-Pittsburgh locomotives.
* [http://www.geocities.com/dblegere/maritimerailway.html Maritime Railway site] History of Maritime Railway and disposition of its locomotives.
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