Manuscript Group 427
BALDWIN-HAMILTON COMPANY RECORDS
[ca. 1834-1962]
The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, founded in 1832, had built more
steam locomotives than any other institution in the world by the time construction
was phased out in the early 1950s. Late in the 1890s, in conjunction with Westinghouse
Electrical Manufacturing Company, Baldwin built small electric locomotives for
mining and industrial use. By the mid-1920s, the company started experimenting
with "oil" and diesel engines, and by 1939, was producing diesel electric locomotives.
In the early 1950s, Baldwin merged with the Lima-Hamilton Company and the Austin-Western
Dump Car Company and became the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Company, which continued
until 1972.
The collection consists primarily of the engineering drawings for the locomotives
produced, as well as various related indexes, registers, order books and specification
books. The indexing system is incomplete and complicated and some gaps exist
in the collection. The drawings are semi-processed at this time. For an
explanation of how drawing searches can and cannot be done within our collection,
detailed searching instructions are available. ***
Please note: These are not searches that you can do yourself on our website.
We have no online indexes or databases or digitized images of Baldwin records
available over the internet. The instructions merely explain what sorts
of searches staff can do for you, or the types of searches you can do if you
visit the State Archives yourself or acquire copies of our records.
If we do not hold the records you are looking for, you may wish to consult
a descriptive list of other institutions
possessing Baldwin records.
- For a summary of the slot locations for the contents of the series listed below, click here: [Holdings]
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Two truckloads worth of as-yet unprocessed materials, accessioned in the
early 1990s and supplemental to the processed series listed below, have
not yet been completely arranged or described. Drawings which arrived in
metal cabinets have been removed, sorted and boxed. In the case of "subseries
II drawings"--the ones from ca. 1941-1950s bearing three-part ID numbers
such as: "24-7-840" or "12-F-100" --these drawings were
fully processed into {series #427m.37}. Later and earlier drawings, as well
as manuals and textual materials, remain unprocessed and in much the same
state as described in the descriptive report used to justify the appraisal
of the shipment. Since this appraisal report provides much detail about
the records involved, it is presented here sectionally, in PFD format:
Engineering Department
- Alphabetical Card File of Electric and Diesel Locomotive Purchasers, [ca.
1906-1955]. (1 carton, 2 boxes) {#427m.66} [Description]
- Alphabetical Card File of Foreign Countries Purchasing Locomotives, 1880-1907,
1952. (1 box) {#427m.1} [Description]
- Alphabetical Card File of Foreign Purchasers of Locomotives, 1882-1907.
(1 box) {#427m.2} [Description]
- Alphabetical Card File of Purchasers of Locomotive Parts, [ca. 1900-1940]
(2 boxes) {#427m.3} [Description]
- Alphabetical Card File of Purchasers of Locomotives, [ca. 1900-1945]. (2
boxes) {#427m.4} [Description]
- Alphabetical Parts Card File Relating to United States Government Standard
Sheets (U.S.R.A.), undated. (1 box) {#427m.5}
- Box, Drawer and Card Listing for Tracings and Blueprints, Compiled by Richard
B. Hain, 1972-1986. (1 carton) {#427m.6} [Description]
- Brass Work Books, 1912-1941. (12 volumes) {#427m.7} [Description]
- Car Index Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.8} [Description]
- Card Directory (Microfilmed), 1937-1955. (1 volume) {#427m.9} [Description]
- Card Index to the Baldwin Locomotive Drawings (Fenerty Index, Microfilmed), also called "Alphabetical
Tracing Card File", circa 1870-1941.
(30 boxes) {#427m.10} [Description]
- Card Record Books (Microfilmed), 1910-1912, 1914-1941. (11 volumes) {#427m.11}
[Description]
- Change Order Book of C.H. Wheeler Equipment, 1954-1962. (1 volume) {#427m.12}
[Description]
- Class Books, 1872-1950. (3 volumes) {#427m.13} [Description]
- Construction Number Books (Microfilmed), 1904-1956. (4 volumes) {#427m.14} [Description]
- Contract Books (Microfilmed), 1867-1931. (4 volumes) {#427m.15} [Description]
- Counterbalance Books, 1933-1947. ( 3 volumes) {#427m.16} [Description]
- Cross Reference Card File to the Fenerty Drawing Index, undated. (1 box)
{#427m.17} [Description]
- Cross Reference to the Card Index of the Baldwin Locomotive Drawings, [ca.
1870-1941. (2 boxes) {#427m.69} [Description]
- Cylinder Record Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.18} [Description]
- Detail Weights of Electric Engines, 1907-1921. (1 volume) {#427m.19}
- Diesel Diagrams. (1 carton) {#427m.20}
- Drawing Directories (Microfilmed), [ca. 1941-1953]. (4 volumes) {#427m.21} [Description]
- Driving Wheel Counterbalance Weight Card File, 1912-1939. (2 cartons) {#427m.22}
[Description]
- Electric Card Directories (Microfilmed), 1906-1967. (3 volumes) {#427m.23} [Description]
- Electric, Compressed Air and Gasoline Locomotive Order Books, 1907-1920.
(5 volumes) {#427m.24} [Description]
- Electric Locomotive Specification Books (Microfilmed), 1904-1936. (11 volumes) {#427.m25}
[Description]
- Electric Truck Order Books, 1905-1914. (3 volumes) {#427m.26} [Description]
- Electric Truck Specification Books, 1906-1924. (4 volumes) {#427m.27}
[Description]
- Electric Work Books, 1906-1931. (12 volumes) {#427m.74}
- Engine and Material Record for Steam Locomotives and Tenders, Engine Class
2-8-0, 19S, Numbers 847-901 (U.S. Government War Department), [ca. 1944].
(1 volume) {#427m.28}
- Engineering Publications (Operation and Maintenance Manuals, Inspection
Sheets, Bills of Material, Parts List Indexes, etc.). 1907-1954. (230 cartons, 6 boxes)
{#427m.29} [Description]
- Estimated Rough Weight of Connecting Rods File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.30}
[Description]
- Extra Order Books, 1944, 1947-1953. (49 volumes) {#427m.31} [Description]
- Extra Order Index Card File, [ca, 1936-1954]. (2 boxes) {#427m.32}
[Description]
- Foreign Locomotive Order Books (Microfilmed), 1919-1942. (3 volumes) {#427m.33}
[Description]
- General Indexes to Tracings (Microfilmed), undated. (3 volumes) {#427m.34} [Description]
- Job Index Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.35}
- List of Tracings for Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1923.
(2 volumes) {#427m.36} [Description]
- Mechanical Engineering Drawings, circa late 19th to mid 20th centuries. (717 boxes, 5 cartons) {#427m.37}
[Description]
- Miscellaneous Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.38} [Description]
- Miscellaneous Reports, Correspondence, Manuals and Project Files, [ca. 1921-1962].
(16 boxes) {#427m.39} [Description]
- Numerical Card File to Drawings, [undated]. (19 boxes) {#427m.40}
[Description]
- Numerical Card File to Sketches, undated. (1 box) {#427m.41} [Description]
- Order Books for C.H. Wheeler Equipment, 1958-1962. (3 volumes) {#427m.42}
[Description]
- Pattern Directories, 1929-1963. (2 volumes) {#427m.43} [Description]
- Pattern Number Card File, [ca. 1900s]. (1 box) {#427m.68} [Description]
- Patterns (Tracings) for Drawbars, Driving Rods, Springs, Wheels, etc.),
1909-1931. (32 cartons) {#427m.44} [Description]
- Photographs of Locomotives, circa 1909-1949. (10 boxes) {#427m.45}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Revisions to United States Government Standard Sheets, 1918. (2
boxes) {#427m.46} [Description]
- Register of Engines Made by M.W. Baldwin; Baldwin, Vail and Hufty; Baldwin
and Vail; Baldwin and Whitney; M.W. Baldwin and Company; Baldwin Locomotive
Works; and M. Baird and Company, 1834-1871. (1 volume) {#427m.47} [Description]
- Registers of Locomotives Constructed for the Years 1854-1907. (14 volumes)
{#427m.48} [Description]
- Renewal Parts Catalog Listings, 1907-1950. (6 cartons, 1 box) {#427m.72}
- Repair Order Book for C.H. Wheeler Equipment, 1961-1962. (1 volume) {#427m.49}
[Description]
- Repair Parts Division Index Card File, [ca. 1944-1953]. (2 boxes) {#427m.50}
[Description]
- Replacement Parts Orders,
1954-1960. (8 cartons) {#427m.73}
- Sales Order Books, 1942-1950. (23 volumes) {#427m.51} [Description]
- Sales Order Change Notice Books, 1952-1953. (2 volumes) {#427m.71}
[Description]
- Sales Order Lists, 1937-1948, 1950-1951 & undated. (1 volume) {#427m.70}
[Description]
- Special Counter Balance Book, 1917. (1 volume) {#427m.52}
- Specifications from the Superheater Company, 1911-1930. (1 volume) {#427m.53}
- Standard Practice Book, 1928-1947. (1 volume) {#427m.54} [Description]
- Steam Locomotive Order Books (Microfilmed), 1907-1936. (12 volumes) {#427m.55}
[Description]
- [Description]
- Stub Brass Card File, [ca. 1900-1930s]. (1 box) {#427m.57}
- Tender Work Books, 1924-1930. (2 volumes) {#427m.58} [Description]
- Tracing Directory Number 6, 1939-1962. (1 volume) {#427m.59} [Description]
- Tracing Number Card File (Microfilmed), undated (1 card index box) {#427m.60} [Description]
- U.S.R.A. Alphabetical Parts Card File, undated. (9 box) {#427m.61}
- U.S.R.A. Sheet Number Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.62}
- Weights of Connecting Rods for Class D and E locomotives, undated. (3 volumes)
{#427m.63}
- Weights of Electric Locomotives, [ca, 1896-1926]. (1 volume) {#427m.64}
- Yearly Record of Locomotives Shipped, 1890-1948 (formerly Steam Locomotives
Built for Export and Domestic Use (Commission Reports)). (2 boxes) {#427m.67}
[Description]
Test Department, Eddystone, Pa.
- Repair Report Index Card File, undated. (1 box) {#427m.65} [Description]