Guide to the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation Records, 1854-1925 M0015

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, California, 94305-6064

Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu

Title: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation records,

Identifier/Call Number: M0015

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 5.5 Linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1854-1925

creator: Baldwin Locomotive Works

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 until its merger with Lima-Hamilton Corporation. 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 collection also includes 436 copy slides (done in 1985) of paint books numbers 1 and 2.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Baldwin Locomotive Works, a Philadelphia steam locomotive production firm founded in 1831, eventually merged with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation and became the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation Records, M015, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance:

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

Publication Rights:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions:

None.

Map-case

75 drawings and plans for locomotive construction, ca. 1887-1918.

Language of Material: English

[Unidentified] 211

Locomotive for 2'6" gauge passenger freight service 591

Passenger locomotive 1125

Passenger locomotive, heavy 1367

Passenger locomotive, light 1368

Passenger locomotive, light, "Oosthoek" Rwy., Iowa 1761

Consolidation locomotive, 1978

[Unidentified] 2185

Ten-wheel locomotive, 2196 1889 June 17

Double trunk four cylinder logging locomotive 2301

Mogul locomotive 2470

Erecting #2484-6, 3180 1892 Dec. 27

Prelim. narrow gauge freight locomotive 3754

Mining locomotive, 100 hp, 4 coupled wheels 4043

Compressed air locomotive, 4-11C146 Ashland Coal & Iron Co. 4432

Motor passenger car, 4985 1897 Aug. 6

[Unidentified] 5036

Inspection car, 5048 1897 Sept. 15

Double ender passgr. tank loc. for Tsarkoe-Selo Rwy. 5063

[Unidentified], 5164 1897 Nov. 3

Tender for Western Rwy. Havana 5203

Inspection car, 5218 1897 Nov. 30

Motor passenger car, 5365 1898 Feb. 11

[Used with #5357] 5385

Inspection locomotive 5483

Steam motor car 5588

[Unidentified], 5849 1898 Jan. 8

Fast passenger locomotive, Gt. Northern Rwy. 10-20-1-C-38-4 6619

Compressed air locomotive for German navy station, 7378 1901 Mar. 18

Six coupled locomotive 7476

Compound mogul locomotive Indian State Railway, 7490 1901 May 11

Vanderbilt tender, 7526 1901 May 23

Tank locomotive, Soc. Miniere et Mett. de Penarroya, 7548 1901 May 29

Tender 10-28-E-52,53, 7695 1901 Aug. 1

Prop. arrangement of electric loc. for Miami & Erie Canal Tr. Co. 8015

Switching locomotive, 8019 1901 Dec. 18

Passenger locomotive 8-30C Southern Rwy. Based by SK 8-34C DWG#4/8-34C CWG#6 F, 8027 1901 Dec. 20

Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 8356 1902 Apr. 22

Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 8375 1902 Apr. 30

[Unidentified] 8408

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

[Unidentified] 9027

Fast passenger locomotive "Atlantic" type, NY, NH & Hartford 10-32 1/4C, 9047 1903 Jan. 29

Ten wheel locomotive, 9068 1903 Feb. 9

Four wheel tender for "Old Ironsides," 9079 1903 Jan.

Ten wheel locomotive, 9151 1903 Mar. 5

Double end locomotive, 9345 1903 May 9

Double end locomotive, 10-18 1/4 D, 9422 1903 May 27

Consolidation locomotive, 9541 1903 July 9

Tender 7,000 gallon capacity 9602

[Unidentified], 10020 1904 Jan. 12

Switching engine, 10487 1904 June 1

Balanced 10 wheel locomotive, 10 26/48 DD NC & St. C., 11394 1905 May 9

Consolidation locomotive, 11694 1905 Aug. 15

Mallet compound locomotive, 12 26.38 DD Chilean State Rwy., 11958 1905 Nov. 1

Ten wheeled locomotive 10-36D, 12038 1905 Nov. 24

Balanced compound loc. heating surface, 12101 1905 Dec. 16

Balanced Atlantic type loc. 10 27/47 1/4C, 12141 1906 Jan. 2

Balanced compound ten wheel locomotive 10 27/48 D, 12142,3,4 1906 Jan 2

Balanced compound ten wheel loc. Italian State Rwy., 12185 1906 Jan. 17

Consolidation locomotive, 12205 1906 Jan. 22

Pacific type loc. 12-38 1/4D, 12238 1906 Jan. 30

Ten wheel loc. 10-36 D, 12359 1906 Mar. 16

Balanced compound Pacific type locomotive 12 28/48, 12442 1906 Apr. 6

12-28 1/4 D Central Norte, 12607 1906 May 31

Switching loc. CRR of NJ heating surface 12666

Outline of Consolidation loc. as planned for Western Pac. Rwy., 12818 1906 Aug. 7

Switching locomotive, 12863 1906 Aug. 23

Switching locomotive 6-32-D 12871

Outline of tender - Wstn. Pac. Ry., 12878 1906 Aug. 28

Consolidation loc. 10-36E Maine Central, 13453 1907 Mar. 9

Consolidation loc. 10-36E W. R. Grace, 13572 1907 Apr. 19

Wheelspacing/loads of heavy passenger loc. 1870-1908, 15734 1909 Feb. 24

Wheelspacing/loads of heavy freight loc. 1870-1908, 15735 1909 Feb. 24

100 Hp. Boiler for 125 lbs. pressure Tees, 21845 1912 June 24

Double end tank locomotive, 27889 1915 Feb. 3

Gas engine starting motor assembly, 37221 1918 July 25

Box 3a

Disbound ledger: Detail Finish Work

Box 3a

Six erecting cards (plans for the building of locomotives), ca. 1879

1. Cylinder #1008

2. Boiler #374

3. Grate #856

4. E. C. #142

5. E. C. #215

6. E. C. #448

Box 3a

Single color plate, drawn by J. Ord

Box 3b

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

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

Box 4

Ledger: Engine Specifications, 1864-1869

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

Box 5

Ledger: Card Directory (key to plans and drawings)

Box 6

Ledger: painting samples for railway cars

Box 7

Ledger: painting samples for railway cars

Box 8

Ledger: Boiler bills, 1884-1885

Box 8

Ledger: Specificatons and regulations concerning production

Box 8

Ledger: Roads and numbers of engines built by BLW

Box 8

Ledger: Driving and truck wheels, 1860-1862

Box 8

Ledger: Patent royalties, 1889-1890

Box 8

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

Box 8

Booklet: Locomotive Data, published by BLW, 1920

Box 8

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

Box 8

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

Box 8

Ledger: Law and general information. Drawing room.

General note

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

Box 9

Ledger: Pattern directory, 1854-1877

Box 10

Ledger: Railroads of South America, 1894-1898

Box 11

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

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