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!
Altoona Tribune
June 29, 1900
A new and peculiarly constructed engine, called by railroad people a stem winder, has been purchased by the Pittsburg, Westmoreland and Somerset railroad. The engine was made at Lima, O., the only place in the United States where such an engine is manufactured. It was taken to Ligonier under the direction of Engineer W. B. Duncan, who arrived with it last Thursday. The engine is constructed for the purpose of climbing steep grades and crooked roads on the mountains. It was secured by the Pittsburg, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad company to be used in gathering lo9gs from the mountain for the Byers-Allen Lumber company, as this engine can climb up steep places where the ordinary engine cannot go at all.