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The East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania has restored a 107-year-old, steam-powered locomotive built by Philadelphia's Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. The foundation ...
Founded in l830, the Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works grew into the world’s largest steam locomotive builder.
In 1950 the Lima-Hamilton Corporation and Baldwin merged but in 1956 the last of some 70,500 locomotives were produced and the company's long history came to an end. Sources History of the Baldwin ...
World War Two brought a temporary respite, but after the war the steam locomotive was obsolete and orders rapidly diminished. The Westinghouse Corporation bought Baldwin in 1948 but was unable to turn ...
Old 771 built in April of 1913 by Baldwin Locomotive Works and was owned by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, which is a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad. 21 of these 2-8-2 Mikado ...