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Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: August 1960.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation Records, 1854-1925Collection number: M015Department of Special Collections Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Special Collections staffAugust 1960Patricia White

© 1997 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive SummaryBaldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation Records, 1854-1925Special Collections M015Baldwin Locomotive Works5.5 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions:

None.

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.

Provenance:

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

Preferred Citation:

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

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.

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.

CONTAINER LIST75 drawings and plans for locomotive construction, ca. 1887-1918.211[Unidentified]591Locomotive for 2'6" gauge passenger freight service1125Passenger locomotive1367Passenger locomotive, heavy1368Passenger locomotive, light1761Passenger locomotive, light, "Oosthoek" Rwy., Iowa1978Consolidation locomotive, 2185[Unidentified]2196Ten-wheel locomotive, 1889 June 172301Double trunk four cylinder logging locomotive2470Mogul locomotive3180Erecting #2484-6, 1892 Dec. 273754Prelim. narrow gauge freight locomotive4043Mining locomotive, 100 hp, 4 coupled wheels4432Compressed air locomotive, 4-11C146 Ashland Coal & Iron Co.4985Motor passenger car, 1897 Aug. 65036[Unidentified]5048Inspection car, 1897 Sept. 155063Double ender passgr. tank loc. for Tsarkoe-Selo Rwy.5164[Unidentified], 1897 Nov. 35203Tender for Western Rwy. Havana5218Inspection car, 1897 Nov. 305365Motor passenger car, 1898 Feb. 115385[Used with #5357]5483Inspection locomotive5588Steam motor car5849[Unidentified], 1898 Jan. 86619Fast passenger locomotive, Gt. Northern Rwy. 10-20-1-C-38-47378Compressed air locomotive for German navy station, 1901 Mar. 187476Six coupled locomotive7490Compound mogul locomotive Indian State Railway, 1901 May 117526Vanderbilt tender, 1901 May 237548Tank locomotive, Soc. Miniere et Mett. de Penarroya, 1901 May 297695Tender 10-28-E-52,53, 1901 Aug. 18015Prop. arrangement of electric loc. for Miami & Erie Canal Tr. Co.8019Switching locomotive, 1901 Dec. 188027Passenger locomotive 8-30C Southern Rwy. Based by SK 8-34C DWG#4/8-34C CWG#6 F, 1901 Dec. 208356Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 1902 Apr. 228375Tender for oil-burning locomotive, 1902 Apr. 308408[Unidentified]8766ATen wheel locomotive, 8766 changed to have fire box 60" wide, not 66", 1902 Oct. 29027[Unidentified]9047Fast passenger locomotive "Atlantic" type, NY, NH & Hartford 10-32 1/4C, 1903 Jan. 299068Ten wheel locomotive, 1903 Feb. 99079Four wheel tender for "Old Ironsides," 1903 Jan.9151Ten wheel locomotive, 1903 Mar. 59345Double end locomotive, 1903 May 99422Double end locomotive, 10-18 1/4 D, 1903 May 279541Consolidation locomotive, 1903 July 99602Tender 7,000 gallon capacity10020[Unidentified], 1904 Jan. 1210487Switching engine, 1904 June 111394Balanced 10 wheel locomotive, 10 26/48 DD NC & St. C., 1905 May 911694Consolidation locomotive, 1905 Aug. 1511958Mallet compound locomotive, 12 26.38 DD Chilean State Rwy., 1905 Nov. 112038Ten wheeled locomotive 10-36D, 1905 Nov. 2412101Balanced compound loc. heating surface, 1905 Dec. 1612141Balanced Atlantic type loc. 10 27/47 1/4C, 1906 Jan. 212142,3,4Balanced compound ten wheel locomotive 10 27/48 D, 1906 Jan 212185Balanced compound ten wheel loc. Italian State Rwy., 1906 Jan. 1712205Consolidation locomotive, 1906 Jan. 2212238Pacific type loc. 12-38 1/4D, 1906 Jan. 3012359Ten wheel loc. 10-36 D, 1906 Mar. 1612442Balanced compound Pacific type locomotive 12 28/48, 1906 Apr. 61260712-28 1/4 D Central Norte, 1906 May 3112666Switching loc. CRR of NJ heating surface12818Outline of Consolidation loc. as planned for Western Pac. Rwy., 1906 Aug. 712863Switching locomotive, 1906 Aug. 2312871Switching locomotive 6-32-D12878Outline of tender - Wstn. Pac. Ry., 1906 Aug. 2813453Consolidation loc. 10-36E Maine Central, 1907 Mar. 913572Consolidation loc. 10-36E W. R. Grace, 1907 Apr. 1915734Wheelspacing/loads of heavy passenger loc. 1870-1908, 1909 Feb. 2415735Wheelspacing/loads of heavy freight loc. 1870-1908, 1909 Feb. 2421845100 Hp. Boiler for 125 lbs. pressure Tees, 1912 June 2427889Double end tank locomotive, 1915 Feb. 337221Gas engine starting motor assembly, 1918 July 253aDisbound ledger: Detail Finish Work3aSix erecting cards (plans for the building of locomotives), ca. 18791. Cylinder #10082. Boiler #3743. Grate #8564. E. C. #1425. E. C. #2156. E. C. #4483aSingle color plate, drawn by J. Ord3bDisbound ledger: Engine Drawings (types of locomotive), with blue line drawings

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

4Ledger: Engine Specifications, 1864-1869

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

5Ledger: Card Directory (key to plans and drawings)6Ledger: painting samples for railway cars7Ledger: painting samples for railway cars8Ledger: Boiler bills, 1884-18858Ledger: Specificatons and regulations concerning production8Ledger: Roads and numbers of engines built by BLW8Ledger: Driving and truck wheels, 1860-18628Ledger: Patent royalties, 1889-18908Atlantic steam packet chart, by James Wyle (map of Atlantic Ocean, n.d.)8Booklet: Locomotive Data, published by BLW, 19208Book: The Baldwin Locomotive Works - Catalog of Locomotives (reprint of 1915 Rand, McNally & Co. book)8Book: The Locomotives that Baldwin Built, by Fred Westing, 19668Ledger: Law and general information. Drawing room.

Microfilm of this ledger is available.

9Ledger: Pattern directory, 1854-187710Ledger: Railroads of South America, 1894-189811Copy slides (436) of paint books 1 and 2, 1985