P. & L.E.R.R. Locomotive

1888-11-02

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P. & L.E.R.R. Locomotive
  • Title
  • P. & L.E.R.R. Locomotive
  • Creator
  • Frederick T. Gretton
  • Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F21.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F21.I01
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works, formed in Pittsburgh in 1865 by Andrew Carnegie, built most of the P&LE’s (Pittsburgh & Lake Erie) early locomotives, and continued to supply from its Pittsburgh Works the bulk of P&LE’s steam power after merging with American Locomotive Company in 1901. Its first locomotive was built in 1867. P&LE began numbering its locomotives in order of acquisition. The P&LE Number 31 Switcher 0-4-0 Type locomotive pictured here, was built in July 21, 1881, and was used in the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's yards. It was considered the oldest and simplest of steam locomotives. The 0-4-0 denotes an engine with no guiding wheels, four driving wheels and no trailing wheels. P&LE’s could make speed, but they were too light to pull heavy loads. This locomotive was sold or scrapped by 1898.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Steam-engines.
    Locomotives.
    Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company.
  • Source
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs, 1857-1953, MSP 328, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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