Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, June 27, 1900
New Engine
A new and peculiarly constructed engine called by railroad people a "stem winder" has been purchased by the Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset railroad. The engine was made at Lima, Ohio, the only place in the United States where such an engine is manufactured. It was brought here under the direction of engineer, W. B. Duncan who arrived with it last Thursday. The engine is constructed for the purpose of climbing step grades and crooked roads on the mountains. It was secured by the P. W. & S. railroad company to be used in gathering logs from the mountain for the Byers-Allen Lumber Co., as this engine can climb up steep places where the ordinary engine cannot go at all.