Is the an on line source for Baldwin Locomotives magazine? I am interested in 1926-1940.

The Md. Rail Heritage Library has a complete bound set from a railroad office library, 1922-1947.

If you know a specific topic or issue, we can do some scanning.

John T:
Are you looking for information about RR cranes with BALDWIN acting as a sales agent ?

Kevin K

Hi Kevin,

Baldwin was the export agent for Industrial Works and later Industrial Brownhoist cranes. Information on crane sales is what I am looking for. There are at least three cranes in South America that still have Baldwin extra order plates.

John T. Here are some good articles on Industrial Brownhoist Cranes in the BALDWIN MAGAZINE:
April 1931 IB Cranes in South American Countries
April 1932 History and development of locomotive cranes and heavy dock machinery
Jan 1932 History and development of locomotive cranes and heavy dock machinery (not the same article).

Kevin K

If those Baldwin magazines have a one page contents page, would it be possible to scan those and post the list? With that we could investigate what might be in each issue that we could use. There are a few locomotives that I have wanted to research for articles and info of, inside those Baldwin magazines.

We could always use more volunteers and researchers at the Md. Rail Heritage Library.

Any volunteers to take on what sounds like a day-long project?

Loco112
Could you post a list of the BLW locomotives you are looking for . I have a pretty good memory of what's inside those Baldwin magazines.
I would like to copy them, just don't have the time to do it.

Kevin K

Kevin,

Could you see if there are any articles on the War Department standard 2-8-0s, built in large quantities by all three major builders. All but 15-20 of them were exported to Europe, the USSR, the Middle East, India, and Africa. The Alaska Railroad operated 12 of them and the Army operated the remainder of those that stayed in the U.S. at Ft. Eustis and Camp Claiborne. GSMRR 1702 is an ex-unit Army unit. It is likely there was an article highlighting them as an example of BLW's war activities as Baldwin built about half of the over 2,100 that were built built. It's also possible that there may have been mention of those destined for Alaska. Any articles should to be in 1942 or 1943, but may have been as late as 1945 when the last of them was constructed.

Thanks,
Dick

Baldwin Locomotives December 1942 page 28
"New Locomotives for the War Department" covers the 2-8-0s.

Looks like John T is on it. I will have to check and see if I have that issue, and if I do I'll scan it.
There were some nice builder's photos of those 2-8-0's taken by all three builder's. I know that I have quite a few of them. Did your list also include those sent to China and Mexico under the UN ?

Kevin K.

There is an index to Baldwin done by Paul T. Warner. I know Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has it in there holdings. Not sure if it has the detail you are looking for but I know it is on the stacks.

I appreciate everyone's efforts.

Those in Korea (North and South) and China were obtained second hand/surplus. I have seen articles saying that some of the U.S.S.R 5' gauge units were regauged for China. It would have been a major conversion as the widths between the frame rail were 3-1/2" different. I haven't been able to track down any in Mexico, although I suspect that a few to a similar design may have been made after WWII which weren't part of the War Department contracts. One of the Ft. Eustis locomotives was an updated version, made several years after the War.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has several builders photos of one of the S160s configured for Alaska and I'm working on getting copies.

There are several photos here: https://search.archives.un.org/digitalo ... d&limit=30 of 2-8-0s and 2-8-2s being unloaded in China in 1946. Most were built new but some came from the military in Australia.

There is another article on the Army 2-8-0s on page 28 of the November 1942 issue. builders photos of 31700 and 1702.