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, a suburb of Pittsburgh and since 1907 part of that city.
It repaired an early locomotive known as Bausman's Rhinoceros 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 India and Japan.
By 1901, when Pittsburgh had merged with seven other manufacturing companies to form American Locomotive Company, Pittsburgh had produced over 2,400 locomotives. In March 1919, ALCO closed the Pittsburgh facility.

Preserved Pittsburgh locomotives

Following is a list of Pittsburgh locomotives built before the ALCO merger that have been spared the scrapper's torch.
Serial numberWheel arrangement
Build dateOperational ownerDisposition
15924-6-01898Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Class F-100 #82. Sold 1907 to Canadian Equipment Company and used on the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, Canada's third transcontinental railway. Resold 1920 to Maritime Coal Ry. & Power Company #5. Retired 1961 to Canadian Railway Museum.Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada
17102-6-01897Hankaku Railway #13 in Japan. Hankaku Railway was nationalized in 1906. It was renumbered. The last owner was Jobu Railway.Shinagawa, Tokyo
18152-6-01898Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad #1175Buffalo, Wyoming