Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1875
Industry	Railway
Founded	Philadelphia, U.S. (1825)
Founder	Matthias W. Baldwin
Defunct	1951
Fate	Merged with Lima-Hamilton Corporation in September 1951.
Successor	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Headquarters	Eddystone, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Products	Locomotives
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Official name	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Type	Roadside
Criteria	Business & Industry, Railroads
Designated	September 26, 2009

Baldwin Locomotive Works (abbreviated: BLW) was an American manufacturing company of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951, originally located in Philadelphia but moving to Eddystone, Pennsylvania, for a long time it was the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, after the success of diesel locomotives began in the demand for them, in 1951 it would produce its last of 70,000 locomotives before merging with Lima-Hamilton to make way for the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922

Baldwin Locomotive Works c. 1900

Locomotives

2-6-6-2 Chesapeake and Ohio 1309, built in 1949, Baldwin's last domestic steam locomotive. Has since been restored to operation for the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

Woodburytype of 0-4-0 type Boston & Maine Achilles, 1871

An 1872 Baldwin locomotive of 4-4-0 type used on the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway in Finland.

A 1902 Baldwin locomotive of 2-6-2 type used on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in New Mexico where it is now on permanent display in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Baldwin works photo of Lyn', May 1898

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

2-8-0 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge on static display, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

PRR class S2 #6200

C&O class M-1 #500

MCRR Baldwin Mogul Number-6 001

Switchers

Model designation	Build year	Total produced	AAR wheel arrangement	Prime mover	Power output	Image
VO-660	1939–1946	142	B-B	6-VO	660 hp (490 kW)
DS-4-4-660	1946–1949	139	B-B	606NA	660 hp (490 kW)
DS-4-4-750	1949–1951	53	B-B	606NA	750 hp (560 kW)
S-8	1950–1954	54 A units 9 B units	B-B	606	800 hp (600 kW)
RS-4-TC	1953–1955	74	B-B	Caterpillar D397	400 hp (300 kW)
VO-1000	1939–1946	548	B-B	8-VO	1,000 hp (750 kW)
DS-4-4-1000	1946–1948	56	B-B	608NA	1,000 hp (750 kW)
DS-4-4-1000	1948–1951	446	B-B	606SC	1,000 hp (750 kW)
S-12	1951–1956	451	B-B	606A	1,200 hp (890 kW)

Transfer units

Model designation	Build year	Total produced	AAR wheel arrangement	Prime mover	Power output	Image
DT-6-6-2000	1946	1	C-C	608NA (×2)	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
DT-6-6-2000	1948–1950	45	C-C	606SC (×2)	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
RT-624	1951–1954	24	C-C	606A (×2)	2,400 hp (1.79 MW)

Road switchers

Model designation	Build year	Total produced	AAR wheel arrangement	Prime mover	Power output	Image
0-6-6-0 1000/1	1945	30 for USSR	C-C	8-VO	1,000 hp (750 kW)
DRS-6-4-660NA	1946–1948	100 for SNCF 6 for Morocco	A1A-A1A	606NA	660 hp (490 kW)
DRS-6-4-750	1949	1 for Morocco	A1A-A1A	606NA	750 hp (560 kW)
DRS-6-4-1000	1948–1949	20 for Algeria	A1A-A1A	606SC	1,000 hp (750 kW)
DRS-4-4-1000	1948–1950	9 (USA) 13 (Canada)	B-B	606SC	1,000 hp (750 kW)
RS-12	1951–1956	50	B-B	606A	1,200 hp (890 kW)
DRS-6-4-1500	1946–1952	91	A1A-A1A	608SC	1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
AS-416	1950–1955	25	A1A-A1A	608A	1,600 hp (1,200 kW)
DRS-4-4-1500	1947–1950	35	B-B	608SC	1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
AS-16	1950–1955	127	B-B	608A	1,600 hp (1,200 kW)
DRS-6-6-1500	1948–1950	83	C-C	608SC	1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
AS-616	1950–1954	214 A units 7 B units	C-C	608A	1,600 hp (1,200 kW)

Cab units

Model designation	Build year	Total produced	AAR wheel arrangement	principal motor	Power output	Image
4-8+8-4-750/8-DE	1943	1	2-D-D-2	408 (×8)	6,000 hp (4.47 MW)	(only 4 of the 8 engines actually installed)
0-6-6-0 1000/1 DE	1945	30 for Soviet Railroads	C-C		1,000 hp (750 kW)
DR-12-8-1500/2 "Centipede"	1945–1948	56	2-D-D-2	608SC (×2)	3,000 hp (2.24 MW)
DR-6-4-2000	1945	2	A1A-A1A	8-VO (×2)	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
DR-6-4-2000	1946–1948	9	A1A-A1A	608NA (×2)	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
DR-6-4-2000 "Sharknose"	1948	18 A units 9 B units	A1A-A1A	606SC (×2)	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
DR-6-2-1000	1948	1	A1A-3	606SC (×1)	1,000 hp (750 kW)
DR-6-4-1500	1947–1948	7 A units 2 B units	A1A-A1A	608SC	1,500 hp (1.12 MW)
DR-4-4-1500 "Babyface"	1947–1948	22 A units 11 B units	B-B	608SC	1,500 hp (1.12 MW)
DR-4-4-1500 "Sharknose"	1949–1950	36 A units 36 B units	B-B	608SC	1,500 hp (1.12 MW)
RF-16 "Sharknose"	1950–1953	109 A units 51 B units	B-B	608A	1,600 hp (1.19 MW)
RF 615 E1	1953	51	Co-Co	Baldwin 608-A	1500 caballos de fuerza
RP-210	1956–1957	3	B-2	12-Maybach	1,000 hp (750 kW)

Bibliography

• Alexander, E.P. (2003), Iron Horses: American Locomotives 1829–1900, Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-42531-2
• Best, Gerald M. (1968), Mexican Narrow Gauge, Howell-North Books.
• Brown, John K. (1995), The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831–1915: A Study in American Industrial Practice, Studies in Industry and Society series, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0-8018-5047-9.

Other websites

• Baldwin Locomotive Works builders cards held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
• Baldwin Locomotive Works Engineering Drawings held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
• Preserved Baldwin Steam Locomotives
• SteamLocomotive.com – a large amount of information on steam locomotives.
• Baldwin locomotives used in Finland
• Baldwin Locomotive Works collection (engine registers and order books) 1833–1956 Archived 2006-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.