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Diesel Builders, The Volume 3 Baldwin Locomotive Works BY John F. Kirkland W/DJ
Diesel Builders Volume Three Interurbans Special # 116
Baldwin Locomotive Works
BY John F. Kirkland
Hardbound with dustjacket 294 pages
Copyright 1994
Contents
Acknowledgements5
Introduction7
1 Early Baldwin Prototypes11
2 A Change Of Management 25
3 First Production Orders31
4 World War Ii Locomotive Production 1942-194557
5 Post-War Prototype Locomotives71
6 Post-War Locomotive Production, 1946-195689
Switchers95
Passenger Locomotives115
Road Freight Locomotives153
Road Switchers163
Transfer Locomotives199
7 Baldwin's Last Locomotive 211
8 Baldwin's History 221
9 Beautiful Baldwins 243
10 Builder's Lists 256
11 Index 288
FROM ITS FOUNDING in 1831, the Baldwin Locomotive Works grew to become one of the greatest builders of steam locomotives in American history. Then came the Diesel Age, and profound changes rocked the locomotive industry. In this rapidly evolving marketplace, Baldwin would be overtaken by other companies and eventually cease production. But before that happened it would build thousands of Diesel locomotives and make a number of important contributions to the industry.
This important new book will provide you with a fascinating introduction to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and a definitive review of the company's Diesel locomotive designs and their manufacture. You'll follow the development of the various engines and learn about the locomotive models they were applied to, beginning prior to World War II and continuing up to the end of Diesel locomotive production. Each model is described in detail, including equipment specifications, production facts and figures, even changes to specifications that occurred.
Author John Kirkland is no stranger to this subject. His career with Baldwin began in 1940, and he moved on to become the company's Western Region Sales Manager before retiring in 1970. His insider's view of the company offers interesting perspectives into how and why decisions were reached that affected the course of Diesel locomotive production. Mr. Kirkland's three previous books, DAWN OF THE DIESEL AGE, THE DIESEL BUILDERS, VOLUME ONE: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton, and THE DIESEL BUILDERS, VOLUME TWO: American Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works, are well known among locomotive enthusiasts as the definitive reference works in their field.
In this newest volume, readers will find the same attention to detail and engineering scholarship that they have come to expect from Mr. Kirkland's work. Complementing the in-depth text is a treasury of 359 rare black-and-white and 20 color photographs, including previously unpublished, official Baldwin color views plus an all-time builder's list and complete index.
INTRODUCTION
THE DEVELOPMENT of the Diesel engine into a commercially acceptable prime mover, together with its early applications for powering rail cars and locomotives, has been covered in detail in DAWN OF THE DIESEL AGE, which was published in 1983 by Interurban Press as its Special 80. Let us now take a look at how one major builder approached the job and follow its fortunes from beginning to end.
The history of Baldwin Locomotive Works extends from its founding in 1831 by Matthias Baldwin to its liquidation with black ink on its books in 1970 as Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Armour & Company. It was liquidated at that time in order to pay off the indebtedness of the Greyhound Corporation, which had acquired Armour. If a detailed history of Baldwin's multifaceted manufacturing activities were written (including non-railroad-related products manufactured by its several divisions), its length would require publication in multiple volumes.
Our concern in this book is confined to Baldwin's manufacture of Diesel locomotives (an activity that extended from 1925 through 1956) and the company's subsequent history to its phaseout in 1970. Baldwin's steam locomotive manufacture has already been thoroughly documented.
During the 93 years between 1831 and 1923, the company's manufacturing facilities were located at several downtown sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the last at 500 N. Broad St., five blocks north of City Hall. The facilities at this latter location had been progressively expanded to the point that necessity dictated movement of the plant to undeveloped areas beyond the city limits.
In 1909 land was acquired along the Delaware River, north of Chester and 12 miles south of Philadelphia, located in the township of Eddystone. The new site could be served by three railroads-the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia & Reading-and deep water docks could be built facing the Delaware River.
New manufacturing buildings were progressively completed on this property between 1911 and 1928, each serving some specific facet of steam locomotive manufacture. As each facility was phased in at Eddystone, its counterpart at 500 N. Broad St. was phased out, without disruption to the manufacturing process. Sub-assemblies were transported between the two facilities by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during this transition period.
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