Guide to the Baldwin Locomotive Works Records M0015

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1997 ; revised 2020

Green Library

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Stanford 94305-6064

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URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Baldwin Locomotive Works records

Creator: Baldwin Locomotive Works

Identifier/Call Number: M0015

Identifier/Call Number: 1427

Physical Description: 5.5 Linear Feet (11 containers)

Date (inclusive): 1854-1925

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of E. Morton Grosser, 1960. The copy slides are a gift of the California State Railway Museum, 1987.

Biographical / Historical

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was a Philadelphia-based steam locomotive production firm founded in 1831, producing locomotives for railroads around the world. They later merged with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation around 1950-1951 and became the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

Paging

Page from catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082933

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Baldwin Locomotive Works Records, M0015, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Related Materials

The Baldwin records are part of Stanford's extensive holdings related to railroads and transportation. One may survey related material in our catalog's Hopkins Tranpsortation Library

Scope and Contents

This collection represents a small portion of the records of the Philadelphia steam locomotive production firm known as the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The materials include ledgers, specification books, and drawings for construction and decoration of locomotives, as well as publications of the company. One book deals with the railroads of South America. The material was donated in 1960 by E. Morton Grosser, a professor in the Department of History at the time. The collection also includes 436 copy slides (done in 1985) of paint books numbers 1 and 2; however these books (sometimes referred to as the Book of Styles) have been digitized and are viewable on Searchworks here: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082933

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Railroads -- History

Manufacturers' catalogs

tube 1-2

75 drawings and plans for locomotive construction 444027 circa 1887-1918

[Unidentified] 211444181

Locomotive for 2'6" gauge passenger freight service 591444179

Passenger locomotive 1125444177

Passenger locomotive, heavy 1367444175

Passenger locomotive, light 1368444173

Passenger locomotive, light, "Oosthoek" Rwy., Iowa 1761444171

Consolidation locomotive, 1978444169

[Unidentified] 2185444167

Ten-wheel locomotive, 2196444165 1889 June 17

Double trunk four cylinder logging locomotive 2301444163

Mogul locomotive 2470444161

Erecting #2484-6, 3180444159 1892 Dec. 27

Prelim. narrow gauge freight locomotive 3754444157

Mining locomotive, 100 hp, 4 coupled wheels 4043444155

Compressed air locomotive, 4-11C146 Ashland Coal & Iron Co. 4432444153

Motor passenger car, 4985444151 1897 Aug. 6

[Unidentified] 5036444149

Inspection car, 5048444147 1897 Sept. 15

Double ender passgr. tank loc. for Tsarkoe-Selo Rwy. 5063444145

[Unidentified], 5164444143 1897 Nov. 3

Tender for Western Rwy. Havana 5203444141

Inspection car, 5218444139 1897 Nov. 30

Motor passenger car, 5365444137 1898 Feb. 11

[Used with #5357] 5385444135

Inspection locomotive 5483444133

Steam motor car 5588444131

[Unidentified], 5849444129 1898 Jan. 8

Fast passenger locomotive, Gt. Northern Rwy. 10-20-1-C-38-4 6619444127

Compressed air locomotive for German navy station, 7378444125 1901 Mar. 18

Six coupled locomotive 7476444123

Compound mogul locomotive Indian State Railway, 7490444121 1901 May 11

Vanderbilt tender, 7526444119 1901 May 23

Tank locomotive, Soc. Miniere et Mett. de Penarroya, 7548444117 1901 May 29

Tender 10-28-E-52,53, 7695444115 1901 Aug. 1

Prop. arrangement of electric loc. for Miami & Erie Canal Tr. Co. 8015444113

Switching locomotive, 8019444111 1901 Dec. 18

Passenger locomotive 8-30C Southern Rwy. Based by SK 8-34C DWG#4/8-34C CWG#6 F, 8027444109 1901 Dec. 20

Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 8356444107 1902 Apr. 22

Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 8375444105 1902 Apr. 30

[Unidentified] 8408444103

Ten wheel locomotive, 8766 changed to have fire box 60" wide, not 66", 8766A444101 1902 Oct. 2

[Unidentified] 9027444099

Fast passenger locomotive "Atlantic" type, NY, NH & Hartford 10-32 1/4C, 9047444097 1903 Jan. 29

Ten wheel locomotive, 9068444095 1903 Feb. 9

Four wheel tender for "Old Ironsides," 9079444093 1903 Jan.

Ten wheel locomotive, 9151444091 1903 Mar. 5

Double end locomotive, 9345444089 1903 May 9

Double end locomotive, 10-18 1/4 D, 9422444087 1903 May 27

Consolidation locomotive, 9541444085 1903 July 9

Tender 7,000 gallon capacity 9602444083

[Unidentified], 10020444081 1904 Jan. 12

Switching engine, 10487444079 1904 June 1

Balanced 10 wheel locomotive, 10 26/48 DD NC & St. C., 11394444077 1905 May 9

Consolidation locomotive, 11694444075 1905 Aug. 15

Mallet compound locomotive, 12 26.38 DD Chilean State Rwy., 11958444073 1905 Nov. 1

Ten wheeled locomotive 10-36D, 12038444071 1905 Nov. 24

Balanced compound loc. heating surface, 12101444069 1905 Dec. 16

Balanced Atlantic type loc. 10 27/47 1/4C, 12141444067 1906 Jan. 2

Balanced compound ten wheel locomotive 10 27/48 D, 12142,3,4444065 1906 Jan 2

Balanced compound ten wheel loc. Italian State Rwy., 12185444063 1906 Jan. 17

Consolidation locomotive, 12205444061 1906 Jan. 22

Pacific type loc. 12-38 1/4D, 12238444059 1906 Jan. 30

Ten wheel loc. 10-36 D, 12359444057 1906 Mar. 16

Balanced compound Pacific type locomotive 12 28/48, 12442444055 1906 Apr. 6

12-28 1/4 D Central Norte, 12607444053 1906 May 31

Switching loc. CRR of NJ heating surface 12666444051

Outline of Consolidation loc. as planned for Western Pac. Rwy., 12818444049 1906 Aug. 7

Switching locomotive, 12863444047 1906 Aug. 23

Switching locomotive 6-32-D 12871444045

Outline of tender - Wstn. Pac. Ry., 12878444043 1906 Aug. 28

Consolidation loc. 10-36E Maine Central, 13453444041 1907 Mar. 9

Consolidation loc. 10-36E W. R. Grace, 13572444039 1907 Apr. 19

Wheelspacing/loads of heavy passenger loc. 1870-1908, 15734444037 1909 Feb. 24

Wheelspacing/loads of heavy freight loc. 1870-1908, 15735444035 1909 Feb. 24

100 Hp. Boiler for 125 lbs. pressure Tees, 21845444033 1912 June 24

Double end tank locomotive, 27889444031 1915 Feb. 3

Gas engine starting motor assembly, 37221444029 1918 July 25

box 3a

Disbound ledger: Detail Finish Work 444025

box 3a

Six erecting cards (plans for the building of locomotives), 444011 circa 1879

1. Cylinder #1008 444023

2. Boiler #374 444021

3. Grate #856 444019

4. E. C. #142 444017

5. E. C. #215 444015

6. E. C. #448 444013

box 3a

Single color plate, drawn by J. Ord 444009

box 3b

Disbound ledger: Engine Drawings (types of locomotive), with blue line drawings 444007

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

box 4

Ledger: Engine Specifications, 444005 1864-1869

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

box 5

Ledger: Card Directory (key to plans and drawings) 444003

box 6

Style book for locomotive painting detail, labeled "Painting Book No.1" 444001 in use circa 1880-1920

Painting Book No.1

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Scope and Contents

Labeled "Painting Book No.1" followed by a number or code ("188" or "1SS"). Designs are numbered for each component (i.e. cab, tender, wheel). The following is transcribed from a note on the inside cover: "New tracings have been made for making prints to be used as templates for painting styles - as follows: Cab 15639 Cylinder 15641 Sand Box 15637 Wheel Cen. [Center] 15638 Tank, Saddle 15640 Tank, Tend. [Tender] 15642 ---- Motor Cab (to be made when needed) J.L.W. 1.23.09"

box 7

Style book for locomotive painting detail, volume 2 443999 in use circa 1880-1920

Style book for locomotive painting detail

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Scope and Contents

There is no label or title on this ledger, and it has been called "volume 2" in the interest of distinguishing it from the style book labeled "No. 1." At the front, there is a chart titled "Painting" listing the numerical codes for "Style ; Cab ; Cylinder ; Tank on Boiler ; Sand Box ; Driv. [Driver] ; Tender Tank" followed by the name of railroad company clients numbered 1-379. This chart has been transcribed and is available (as of August 2020) on the Pacific Coast Narrow Gauge website: http://www.pacificng.com/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/ref/locobuilders/blw/pdf/baldwin-style-index.pdf The painting samples are numbered 1-180 in pencil.

box 8

Ledger: Boiler bills, 443997 1884-1885

box 8

Ledger: Specificatons and regulations concerning production 443995

box 8

Ledger: Roads and numbers of engines built by BLW 443993

box 8

Ledger: Driving and truck wheels, 443991 1860-1862

box 8

Ledger: Patent royalties, 443989 1889-1890

box 8

Atlantic steam packet chart, by James Wyle (map of Atlantic Ocean, n.d.) 443987

box 8

Booklet: Locomotive Data, published by BLW 443985 1920

box 8

Book: The Baldwin Locomotive Works - Catalog of Locomotives (reprint of 1915 Rand, McNally & Co. book) 443983

box 8

Book: The Locomotives that Baldwin Built, by Fred Westing 443981 1966

box 8

Ledger: Law and general information. Drawing room. 443979

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

box 9

Ledger: Pattern directory, 443977 1854-1877

box 10

Ledger: Railroads of South America, 443975 1894-1898

box 11

Copy slides (436) of paint books 1 and 2 443973 1985

Scope and Contents

Probably copies of those made by Ron Steiner in the 1970s while restoring the Sonoma for the California State Railroad Museum. The painting books have since been digitized.