Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works, abbreviated BLW, were the world's largest manufacturer of steam engines. They were founded in 1831 by Matthias William Baldwin in Philadelphia, USA. In 1902 the company moved after Eddystone (Pennsylvania). In 1926 the 60,000 locomotive will be delivered that Baldwin 60,000.

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History

Baldwin Locomotive Works were able to use their market power with the advent of diesel locomotives just as the other major U.S. locomotive builders American Locomotive Company ( Alco ) and LIMA Locomotive Works (Lima ). Baldwin was also after the successful introduction of diesel locomotives haul by General Motors Electro-Motive Division mid-1930s the firm conviction that the steam traction would be displaced by anything. Also, the merger in 1950 to Baldwin -Lima - Hamilton Corporation with the intention of producing diesel locomotives came too late. With the end of the steam locomotive era, the history of the company ended in 1956. She was at the time of leaving the oldest locomotive factory in the United States.

Locomotives

Steam locomotives

Baldwin delivered thousands of locomotives to numerous railway companies in North America as well as in numerous other countries around the world. Among all the usual axis sequences were virtually represented. Baldwin was always looking for new solutions with improved efficiency. This included, for example, the 1926 -built Baldwin Locomotive 60000 attempt with high pressure boilers and Vauclain composite engine or the built in 1947 C & O Class M- 1, equipped with turbine drive largest and heaviest ever built steam locomotive.

Typical locomotives from the production of Baldwin, 19th century:

4-4-0 American

2-6-0 Mogul

2-8-0 Consolidation

Typical locomotives from the production of Baldwin, the 20th century:

4-6-2 Pacific

4-8-2 Mountain

2-8-8-4 Yellowstone

Other locomotives from the production of Baldwin

Central Railroad of New Jersey L7S, a 1912 -built Camelback locomotive

Virginian Railway Xa, Triplex Locomotive

Electric locomotives

Baldwin worked in the construction of electric locomotives with Westinghouse Electric and General Electric together. Electric locomotives were delivered to New Haven, Milwaukee Road and Pennsylvania Railroad. These included the well-known steam locomotives GG1. In Spain, RENFE series 7800 was built under license from Baldwin.

Pennsylvania Railroad GG1

RENFE Series 7800

To 1945

Baldwin Locomotive Works took over in the 30s, gradually Geo D. Whitcomb Company, which specialized in mining equipment and small industrial diesel locomotives. 1931 Baldwin bought the diesel engine manufacturer IP Morris & De La Vergne. The first diesel locomotive by Baldwin was the four-axle VO- series, which was equipped with a four-stroke diesel engine. It was prepared as VO -660 with 660 hp or a Baldwin VO -1000 with an output of 1000 hp.

During the Second World War, Baldwin was allowed to develop on regulation of the War Production Board, no new diesel locomotives and had to continue building the existing types.

1945 - 1950

The first, developed by Baldwin diesel locomotive route was the DR- 12-8-1500 / 2 This two-piece locomotive with the wheel arrangement 2'Do Do 2 ' were not particularly reliable because they were not identical in construction to the details and were difficult to maintain. Because of their regularly arranged numerous axes, these locomotives were called Centipede ( German centipede ).

Various four - and six-axle locomotives in road switcher design were built, called DRS, as well as the heavy shunting locomotive DT -6-6 -2000. The shunting of the VO series have been continued to be produced under the name DS.

For passenger trains the DR 04/04/1500 was offered. The locomotive was due to their large windshield and the small strongly flattened stems ( German: baby face ) as Babyface called. Subsequent series were designed by the famous designer Raymond Loewy streamlined, which provided the locomotive with a prominent nose, which ( German: Haigesicht ) of these series name Sharknose earned.

DRS 04/04/1000

DRS 04/06/1500

DT- 06.06.2000

Designations

The Baldwin diesel locomotives from 1946 to 1950 referred to the following scheme, which is explained with the example DS -4 4-660 for the former VO -660. She sat down as follows: DS stood for diesel switcher ( switcher ), the first 4 of the total number of axles, the second 4 driven for the number of axes, the 660 for the engine performance in hp, which was given later divided by one hundred.

There were used the following letter designations:

• DS for diesel switcher, a shunting locomotive
• DRS DRS for Diesel Road Switcher, a six-axle diesel locomotive with a Endführerhaus and stems of the line service
• DR Diesel Road Unit, a mainline locomotive with Endführerstand and structures over the entire width
• DT for diesel Transferlocomotive, a heavy shunting locomotive with stems and center-cab.

From 1950

After the merger with the Lima - Hamilton Corporation, the existing models are revised and fitted with more powerful engines:

• DS-4 -4- 660 to S -8 ( original VO- 660)
• DS -4-4 -1000 to S-12 ( original VO -1000)
• DT -6-6 -2000 will be the RT -624, twin-engine, six-axle heavy shunting locomotive with center-cab
• DRS -4-4 -10 to RS -12, Road - Switcher, four axles, 1200 hp
• DRS -4-4 -15 to AS -16, Road - Switcher, four axes, 12600 hp
• DRS -6-4 -15 to AS -416, Road Switcher, six axes, 1600 hp, the central axis of the bogies is not driven
• DRS -6-6 -15 to AS -616, Road Switcher, six axes, 1600 PS
• DRS- 6.6.15 is used to RF 16 Reisezuglok, four axles, 1600 PS

RS -12

AS -616

Designations

The letters meant the following:

• S stood for switcher ( switcher )
• RT stood for Road transfer Locomotive (heavy shunting )
• RS stood for four-axle road switcher
• AS was for six-axle road switcher
• RF stood for Road Freight Locomotive ( mainline locomotive for freight transport)
• RP stood for Road Passenger Locomotive ( mainline locomotive person for Denver downside with steam heating)

Behind the dash is shared by ten power in PS.