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Electric locomotives under construction at the Westinghouse Electric Works Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, circa 1920.
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Interior factory photograph of Electric Locomotives under construction.

Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives

After introducing the alternating current locomotive, first demonstrated in the East Pittsburgh railway yards in 1905, Westinghouse manufactured electric locomotives in Pittsburgh and set up a division for the electrification of the nation's railroad lines.

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