Baldwin Class 10-34-E

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Baldwin Class 10-34-E
Steam Locomotive.New Hope.NJ.jpg
No. 40 taking on water on the New Hope Railroad, May 21, 2009
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Baldwin Locomotive Works
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Company
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
Model10-34-E
Build date1883–1925
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-8-0
   UIC 1′D n2
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.50 in (1.270 m)
Adhesive weight 142,000 lb (64.4 tonnes)
Loco weight160,000 lb (72.6 tonnes)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity16,000 lb (7.3 tonnes)
Water cap.6,000 US gallons (23,000 L; 5,000 imp gal)
Boiler pressure190 lbf/in2 (1.31 MPa)
Feedwater heater None
SuperheaterNone
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Valve typePiston valves
Train heatingSteam
Train brakes 6ET
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 mph (72 km/h)
Tractive effort 32,700 lbf (145 kN)
Career
OperatorsCresson, Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad
Great Northern Railway
Northern Construction Company
Fernwood Lumber Company
Rahway Valley Railroad
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
Lancaster and Chester Railroad
Cliffside Railroad
New Hope Railroad
Class 10-34-E
Numbers15, 40, 75, 99, 201, 1147, 1246
PreservedSeven
DispositionSeven preserved, remainder scrapped

The Baldwin Class 10-34-E is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives that were designed and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and in a collaboration with the American Locomotive Company, and the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Contents

Several of these locomotives were all built for multiple railroads all across the United States of America between 1883 and 1925.

History

Between October 1901 and December 1907, Great Northern Railway ordered a total of 125 locomotives, and operated them in service until the mid 1950s. [1] They operated throughout the GN's system pulling freight trains with some being rebuilt with larger cylinders and higher boiler pressure, giving them more tractive effort. The Great Northern Railway retired the F-8s between 1932 and 1956.

The Fernwood Lumber Company ordered two locomotives and numbered them as 11 and 12. Both were sold to the Fernwood and Gulf Railroad in 1916 with no. 11 operating on the F&G and then sold to the Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad in 1920. Meanwhile no. 12 operating on the F&G, then sold to the J. J. White Lumber Company and the Kentucky Lumber Company in 1928, then sold to the Birmingham Rail and Locomotive Company and then sold to the FC&G in 1937. Both locomotives were scrapped in 1947. [2]

Original buyers

RailroadQuantityClassRoad numbersBuild dateRefs
Cresson, Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad1-4December 1889 [3]
Great Northern Railway 125 F-8 1140–1264October 1901 – December 1907 [1] [4]
Northern Construction Company1-75September 1907 [5]
Fernwood Lumber Company 2-11–121912 [2]
Rahway Valley Railroad 1-15June 1916
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company1-99September 1919 [6]
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway 12012011924
Lancaster and Chester Railroad 1-40December 2, 1925

Preservation

PhotographLocomotiveWorks No.Build dateBuilderFormer operator(s)StatusRefs
The Engine - Great Northern No. 1147 - August 2013.jpg Great Northern 11475796August 1902ALCO Great Northern Railway On static display at Wenatchee, Washington
August 2000x4 (34840681606).jpg Heber Valley Railroad 7531778September 1907BLW
  • Northern Construction Company
  • Great Western Railway
  • Singing Rails, Inc.
Undergoing restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah [5]
Nrm-1246.jpg Great Northern 1246322971907BLWGreat Northern RailwayStored, awaiting restoration at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington [7]
Steamtown,Scranton,PA (201038023).jpg Rahway Valley 15 43529June 1916BLWOn static display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania [8]
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway No. 99 August 2014.jpg Louisiana and Arkansas 9952292September 1919BLW
  • Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
  • Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
On static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. [6]
Baldwin 2-8-0 -21, 1924, Chattahoochee Valley RR.jpg Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia 201577071924BLW Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway On static display at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia
New Hope Railroad No. 40.jpg New Hope Railroad 40 58824December 2, 1925BLWOperational at the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Muhlstein, Julie (2020-12-03). "A nostalgic glimpse at how trains shaped Everett". HeraldNet.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad". www.msrailroads.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  3. "Louisiana & North West Railroad". www.msrailroads.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  4. Dorety, F. G.; Dey, Ben C. (1930). Before the Interstate Commerce Commission: In the Matter of the Application of the Great Northern Railway Company, Etc., Finance Docket No. 7439. In the Matter of the Application of the Western Pacific Railroad Company, Etc. Finance Docket No. 7440. In the Matter of the Application of the Great Northern Railway Company and the Western Pacific Railroad Company, Etc. Finance Docket No. 7781 ... Vol. 1.
  5. 1 2 "No. 75 – Heber Valley Railroad" . Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  6. 1 2 "Louisiana & Arkansas 99". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  7. "Great Northern Railway Locomotive 1246". Northwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  8. "Locomotives - Steamtown National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-04-17.