Engineering drawings of the Mogul Locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1884

PXD 1213

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1884

910176

3 architectural drawings - 178 x 70 cm.

Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia and later Eddystone, Pa, was one of the most successful builders of steam locomotives in the world. Somewhere around 1830 Baldwin built a stationary engine for his shop and it all escalated from there. Next, he was commissioned by the Philadelphia museum to build a small scale model of a steam locomotive for a convention. In 1831 he was hired to make a full sized locomotive for the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad Company. The locomotive was successfully completed in 1832 and was named 'Old Ironsides'. From the originally humble start Baldwin grew to be the largest steam locomotive manufacturer in the United States and in the World. Soon going on to build locomotives for some of the biggest railroad companies in history. However, in 1954 the quick rise of diesel power and automobiles caused the demise of the largest locomotive company in the world. They were unfortunately forced to close their doors for good

Reference:
http://www.baldwinlocomotiveworks.org/Home_Page.html (accessed, 19 October 2012)

Three engineering drawings of the Mogul Locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works titled

1. Eight-Wheeled Tender for Government of New South Wales. By Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA, September 4, 1884

2-3. Mogul Locomotive for the Gov't of New South Wales by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., USA. Class 8-32-D-61-70. Cylinders 19in by 24in

Scale for all is 2m=1Ft

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