Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR 4-6-0 No. 78
Saint-Constant, PQ, Canada 		Location: Canadian Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Mar 3, 2022 @ 13:03:18 by Brian Garvin
I have this recorded as works number 1592 as per Canadian Trackside Guide.
Posted: Mar 3, 2022 @ 11:03:53 by Matthew Gardner
This is the only surviving steam loco of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railway. It would be appropriate to see it come home to the states. More specifically, PA. However, the Canadian Railway Museum would probably never let go of it, and anybody here other than the Age Of Steam Roundhouse or the Strasburg Railroad would be in a financial position to do such a transaction. And as such, the Strasburg would not want that engine, as it is probably too small for them, and the Age Of Steam Museum has too many engines already. Besides, the Canadian Museum is caring for it as much as can be done. They do so for all their equipment except for the 2-4-0 which is used as their billboard.
Posted: Feb 14, 2020 @ 22:02:27 by Fred Tefft
Per collections.exporail.org. Built in 1895 as P&LE 78. Re# 9150. In 1910, sold to Atlantic Equipment Company, 1911 sold to contractor E. F. & G. E. Fauquier, one of the builders of the National Transcontinental Railway. 1920 sold to Maritime Coal & Power in Nova Scotia, re# 5(2). Restoration completed between 2006-2010.
Posted: Mar 14, 2007 @ 10:03:24 by Jean-Paul Viaud
The construction number is 1592, not 1547. She was PLE 82, then PLE 9153, then EF&GE Fauquier 5 before becomint Maritime Coal Railway & Power Company 5.
Posted: Dec 24, 2005 @ 19:12:43 by George S.
If this unit was originally Road Number 78, then it's Construction Number should be 1547.
Posted: Dec 24, 2005 @ 19:12:11 by George S.
The "Alco-Pittsburgh Construction Number List" indicates that Construction Numbers 1547 through 1549, Road Numbers 78 through 80, were shipped to the "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie" during April of 1895 (Not 1896). All of the units were 4-6-0's and had a "Specified" total weight of 102,000 pounds. (This is not necessarily the "Actual" total weight) The Driver Diameter was 50". The Cylinders were 18" x 24".