Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Download high resolution version (713x679, 127 KB)Baldwin builders plate on display at the MidContinent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (Slambo), October 10, 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Baldwin Locomotive Works User:Slambo/Gallery Categories: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2. ... Download high resolution version (713x679, 127 KB)Baldwin builders plate on display at the MidContinent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (Slambo), October 10, 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Baldwin Locomotive Works User:Slambo/Gallery Categories: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Eddystone is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. ...

History

The Baldwin Locomotive Works had a humble beginning. Matthias W. Baldwin, the founder, was a jeweller and silversmith, who, in 1825, formed a partnership with a machinist, and engaged in the manufacture of bookbinders' tools and cylinders for calico printing. Mr. Baldwin then designed and constructed for his own use a small stationary engine, the workmanship of which was so excellent and its efficiency so great that he was solicited to build others like it for various parties, and thus led to turn his attention to steam engineering. Matthias William Baldwin (December 10, 1795 – September 7, 1866) was an American manufacturer of steam locomotives. ... Jewellery (spelled jewelry in American English) consists of ornamental devices worn by persons, typically made with gems and precious metals. ... Band made of Silver. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

A 1945 print advertisement for Baldwin Diesel-Electrics.

In 1831, at the request of the Philadelphia Museum, he built a miniature locomotive for exhibition which was such a success that he that year received an order from a railway company for a locomotive to run on a short line to the suburbs of Philadelphia. The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company (C&A) had shortly before imported a locomotive (John Bull) from England, which was stored in Bordentown, New Jersey. It was not yet assembled by Isaac Dripps (under the direction of C&A president Robert L. Stevens) when Baldwin visited the spot. He inspected the detached parts and made notes of the principal dimensions. Aided by these figures, he commenced his task. The difficulties attending the execution of this first order were such as our mechanics now cannot easily comprehend. Tools were not easily obtainable; the cylinders were bored by a chisel fixed in a block of wood and turned by hand; the workmen had to be taught how to do nearly all the work; and Mr. Baldwin himself did a great deal of it with his own hands. It was under such circumstances that his first locomotive, christened Old Ironsides, was completed and tried on the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad on November 23, 1832. It was at once put in active service, and did duty for over 20 years. It was a four-wheeled engine, weighing a little over five tons; the driving wheels were 54 inches (1.37 m) in diameter, and the cylinders 9½ inches (24 cm) in diameter by 18 inches (45.7 cm) stroke. The wheels were of heavy cast iron hubs, with wooden spokes and rims, and wrought iron tires, and the frame was made of wood placed outside the wheels. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (578x800, 70 KB)A 1945 print advertisement for Baldwin Diesel-Electrics. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (578x800, 70 KB)A 1945 print advertisement for Baldwin Diesel-Electrics. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A map of the C&A and other related railroads. ... The John Bull is an English-built railroad steam locomotive, operated for the first time on September 15, 1831; it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world (150 years) when the Smithsonian Institution operated it in 1981. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... See also: Bordentown Township, New Jersey The City of Bordentown highlighted in Burlington County. ... Robert L. Stevens, was president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad (C&A) in the 1830s and 1840s. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ...

Zerah Colburn was one of many engineers who had a close association with the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Between 1854 and the start of his weekly paper, the Railroad Advocate and 1861, when Colburn went to work more or less permanently in London, England, the journalist was in frequent touch with M. W. Baldwin, as recorded in Zerah Colburn: The Spirit of Darkness. Colburn was full of praise for the quality of Baldwin's work. Zerah Colburn Zerah Colburn (born Saratoga, New York, January 13, 1832; died Boston, Massachusetts, April 26, 1870) engineer, journalist and publisher. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Railroad Advocate was a weekly newspaper started by Zerah Colburn, the locomotive designer and editor/publisher. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

Initially, Baldwin would build many more steam locomotives at its cramped 196 acre (0.79 km²) Broad Street Philadelphia shop but would begin to shift production to a 616 acre (2.5 km²) site located at Spring Street in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, by 1906. By 1928, the company moved all locomotive production there. Baldwin was very soon the largest locomotive builder in the United States, perhaps in the world. Scheme of steam locomotive. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Eddystone is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Steam locomotives

An 1872 Baldwin locomotive of 4-4-0 type used on the Hango-Hyvinge Railroad in Finland.

Baldwin built a huge number of 4-4-0 American type locomotives, but was perhaps best known for the 2-8-2 Mikado and 2-8-0 Consolidation types. It was also well known for the unique cab-forward 4-8-8-2 articulateds built for the Southern Pacific Railroad and massive 2-10-2 for the Santa Fe Railroad. One of Baldwin's last new and improved locomotive designs were the 4-8-4 (Northern) locomotives. Baldwin's last domestic steam locomotives were 2-6-6-2s built for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1949. Locomotive production number 60,000 is on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Image File history File links This 4-4-0 was one of the very first American locomotives in Finland, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, USA, in 1872. ... Image File history File links This 4-4-0 was one of the very first American locomotives in Finland, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, USA, in 1872. ... Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... PRR 520, on display at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, in 1993. ... A Chinese-built 2-8-0 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI, April 26, 2004. ... Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-8-2 is a Cab Forward type locomotive with four leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. ... The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... This 2-10-2 locomotive is a Pennsylvania Railroad class N1s. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... The Norfolk & Western Railways Class J locomotive #611, a 1950 product of the railroads own Roanoke, Virginia shops. ... The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. ...

On a separate note, the restored and running 2-6-2 Steam locomotive at Fort Edmonton Park was built by Baldwin in 1919. Fort Edmonton, circa 1900. ...

The Baldwin works built two 2-6-2T Prairie tank engines for Victorian Railways (VR) in 1898. They were used as a trial on the new 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railways. Fifteen more were built by VR. Unfortunately only six have survived and both of the original Baldwin engines were among those scrapped. The Victorian Railways operated railways in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ...

M&PP 5, an 0-4-2T, at the depot in Manitou Springs

Baldwin also built three engines for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, which were delivered in 1890. A fourth was delivered in 1892. These engines featured steeply inclined boilers and used the Abt rack system to propel them up the average 16% grade. Over the years, the engines were scrapped or rebuilt. The last Baldwin engine was taken out of regular service in 1955. During the following years, the engines were used as backup engines and for snow removal. Three of the engines are currently on static display around Colorado. One (No. 1) is located at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. The other two on display are located in Manitou Springs, Colorado. One (No. 2) near city hall and the other (No. 5) at the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway depot. The fourth engine (No. 4) is still in limited operation for photo opportunities and special events. However, it no longer completes the journey to the top of Pike's Peak due to the fact that many of the water tanks along the line have been removed. Image File history File linksMetadata M&PP_5_at_Manitou_Springs. ... Image File history File linksMetadata M&PP_5_at_Manitou_Springs. ... In Whyte notation, a 0-4-2 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels . ... M&PPR locomotive Pikes Peak circa 1893 The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway is an Abt rack system cog railway in Colorado (United States), climbing the well-known mountain Pikes Peak. ... The Strub rack rail on a cog railway. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit heritage railway established in 1959 to preserve for future generations a tangible record of Colorados flamboyant railroad era, particularly the states pioneering narrow gauge mountain railroads. ... Downtown Golden, Colorado Golden, Colorado lies at the mouth of Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range. ... Part of the commercial district Manitou Springs is a city located in El Paso County, Colorado. ... M&PPR locomotive Pikes Peak circa 1893 The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway is an Abt rack system cog railway in Colorado (United States), climbing the well-known mountain Pikes Peak. ... Pikes Peak (formerly Pikes Peak, see below) is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...

Electric locomotives

From the early years of the 20th century Baldwin had a relationship with the Westinghouse Electric Company to build electric locomotives for American and foreign markets. The electric locomotive was increasingly popular; electrification was expensive, but for high traffic levels or mountainous terrain it could pay for itself, and in addition some cities like New York were banning the steam locomotive because of its pollution and the propensity for accidents in smoke-choked terminals. Baldwin built or subcontracted out the bodywork and running gear, and Westinghouse built the electrical gear. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Westinghouse Electric Company is a nuclear reactor technology company. ... Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

Baldwin built the famed EP-1 (1906), EF-1 (1912) and EP-2 (1923) box cab electric locomotives for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Baldwin also delivered the EP-3 box cab electric locomotives to the Milwaukee Road for use on their line between Harlowton, Montana and Avery, Idaho. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (AAR reporting mark NH) was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... Harlowton is a city located in Wheatland County, Montana. ... Avery is small town nestled in the St. ...

Baldwin built several electric locomotive types for the Pennsylvania Railroad as well including the P5A, R1 and the famed GG1. Baldwin built the first GG1 prototype electric locomotive for use on the Pennsylvania Railroad’s electrified line that was completed in 1935 between New York and Washington, DC. 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ... The Pennsylvania Railroads GG1 class of electric locomotives were built between 1934 to 1943 at the PRR shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a total of 139 units constructed. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

Steam-turbine locomotives

In the waning years of steam, Baldwin also undertook several attempts at alternative technologies to diesel power. In 1944, Baldwin outshopped an S2 class 6-8-6 steam turbine locomotive for the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... The single S2, #6200, in a PRR promotional image. ... In Whyte notation a 6-8-6 is a steam locomotive with six unpowered leading wheels arranged into a three-axle leading truck, eight powered driving wheels, and six unpowered trailing wheels arranged into a three-axle trailing truck. ...

Between 1947–1948, Baldwin built three unique coal-fired steam turbine-electric locomotives, designed for passenger service on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). The 6,000-horsepower units, which were equipped with Westinghouse electrical systems and had a 2-C1+2-C1-B wheel arrangement, They were 106 feet (32 m) long, making them the longest locomotives ever built for passenger service. The cab was mounted in the center, with a coal bunker ahead of it and a backwards-mounted boiler behind it (the tender only carried water). These locomotives were intended for a route from Washington, D.C. to Cincinnati, Ohio but could never travel the whole route without some sort of failure. Coal dust and water frequently got into the traction motors. While these problems could have been fixed given enough time, it was obvious that these locomotives would always be expensive to maintain, and all three were scrapped in 1950. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. ... The name Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that can trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse: // People George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Devices Westinghouse air brake. ... The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ...

In May, 1954 Baldwin built a 4,500-horsepower steam turbine-electric locomotive for freight service on the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W), nicknamed the Jawn Henry after the legend of John Henry, a track layer who famously raced against a steam drill and won, only to die immediately after. The unit was similar in appearance to the C&O turbines but very different mechanically; it had a C+C-C+C wheel arrangement, and an improved watertube boiler which was fitted with automatic controls. Unfortunately, the boiler controls were sometimes problematic, and (as with the C&O turbines) coal dust and water got into the motors. The Jawn Henry was retired from the N&W roster on January 4, 1958. Norfolk and Western Railway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... USPS 1996 John Henry stamp John Henry is an American mythical (usually African-American) folk hero, who has been the subject of numerous songs, stories, plays, and novels. ... The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. ...

Diesel-electric locomotives

A print advertisement for Baldwin diesel locomotives from the May 25, 1946 issue of Railway Age.

In 1939, Baldwin offered its first standard line of diesel locomotives, all designed for yard service. Two years later, America's entry into World War II destroyed Baldwin's diesel development program when the War Production Board dictated that ALCO and Baldwin produce only diesel-electric yard switching engines. General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) was assigned the task to produce road freight diesels (namely, the FT series), which gave the latter an advantage over its competitors in that product line in the years that followed World War II. Image File history File links A_print_advertisement_for_Baldwin_Diesels_from_Railway_Age_-_May_25,_1946. ... Image File history File links A_print_advertisement_for_Baldwin_Diesels_from_Railway_Age_-_May_25,_1946. ... The title Railway Age can refer to the following An American railroad magazine published since 1876 The Railway Age, Crewe, England - a railway museum This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The War Production Board (WPB) was established in 1942 by executive order of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... The American Locomotive Company, shortened to ALCo was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States. ... Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ... EMD FT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Business declined drastically in the postwar years as EMD and ALCO seized the bulk of the diesel market from Baldwin, Lima-Hamilton and Fairbanks-Morse. While Baldwin switchers were well-known for their lugging ability, the company failed to make the jump to building reliable road units. Baldwin also misjudged the market, concentrating on products of little interest to railroads. In July 1948, Westinghouse Electric, which had teamed with Baldwin to build diesel and electric carbodies, purchased 500,000 shares, or 21%, of Baldwin stock, which made Westinghouse the largest Baldwin shareholder. Baldwin used the money to cover various debts. Westinghouse vice president Marvin W. Smith became Baldwin's president on May 4, 1949. Lima builders plate, 1918 Lima Locomotive Works manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. ... An April, 1950 print advertisement for Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston engines. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

Western Pacific Railroad #581, a Baldwin VO-1000, is seen here in a September, 1945 builder's photo.

In a move to diversify their operations, Baldwin merged with Lima-Hamilton on December 4, 1950 to become Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton. However, market share continued to dwindle. In 1953, Westinghouse discontinued building electrical traction equipment, and so Baldwin was forced to purchase electrical equipment from General Electric. Over 70,500 locomotives had been produced when production ceased in 1956. Image File history File links WP_581_builders_photo. ... Image File history File links WP_581_builders_photo. ... Drumhead logos such as these often adorned the ends of observation cars on the Western Pacific Railroad. ... Western Pacific Railroad #581, a Baldwin VO-1000, is seen here in a September, 1945 builders photo. ... Lima builders plate, 1918 Lima Locomotive Works manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. ... December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th on leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... GE redirects here. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Baldwin locomotives, while fairly successful in the marketplace, did not do so well as others. Baldwins, thanks to their robust Westinghouse electrical gear, were excellent haulers, but the diesel prime movers were less reliable than comparable EMD and ALCO products. Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ...

See also List of Baldwin diesel locomotives.

Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. ...

Further reading

• Brown, John K. (2001). The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915: A Study in American Industrial Practice. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-6812-2.

References

• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
• Westing, Fred (1966; reprinted 1982). The locomotives that Baldwin built. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 0-517-36167-1.
• Steam Locomotive Builders

See also

• Whitcomb Locomotive Works

George D. Whitcomb, of Chicago, Illinois, started a modest machine shop in 1878, and began the manufacture of coal mining machinery, thus laying the foundation for the concern that became known as The Whitcomb Locomotive Company. ...

External links

• SteamLocomotive.com - a large amount of information on steam locomotives.
• Baldwin locomotives used in Finland
• A workshop drawing of an 1872 Baldwin 4-4-0 engine (zipped)
• Baldwin Locomotive Works collection (engine registers and order books) 1833-1956 Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
• Baldwin Locomotive Works drawings, 1870 - 1890 Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
• A brazilian Baldwin-Westinghouse electric box locomotive]