Baldwin Locomotive Works

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defunct company locomotive manufacturer

Baldwin Locomotive Works was a major American manufacturer of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives that played a central role in the development of railroad transportation in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Baldwin Locomotive Works canonical	17
Alco	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company ⓘ locomotive manufacturer ⓘ
competedWith	American Locomotive Company ⓘ Electro-Motive Division ⓘ Lima Locomotive Works ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1956 ⓘ
foundedAs	small machine shop in Philadelphia ⓘ
foundedBy	Matthias W. Baldwin ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Eddystone, Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
historicalSignificance	key contributor to expansion of railroad transportation in the United States ⓘ major American locomotive builder of the 19th century ⓘ one of the largest steam locomotive manufacturers in the world ⓘ
inception	1831 ⓘ
industry	railway locomotive manufacturing ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
majorFacility	Broad Street plant, Philadelphia ⓘ Eddystone, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Eddystone plant, Pennsylvania
mergedInto	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation ⓘ
notableAchievement	exported locomotives to multiple continents ⓘ produced thousands of steam locomotives for U.S. railroads ⓘ
notableWork	Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive ⓘ surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotives Consolidation-type 2-8-0 steam locomotives ⓘ USRA 2-6-6-2 articulated locomotive ⓘ surface form: Mallet articulated locomotives Mikado-type 2-8-2 steam locomotives ⓘ PRR K4s ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class locomotives Union Pacific Big Boy class locomotives ⓘ
parentOrganizationAfterMerger	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation ⓘ
peakEmployment	tens of thousands of workers ⓘ
product	diesel locomotives ⓘ electric locomotives ⓘ electric multiple units ⓘ export locomotives ⓘ industrial locomotives ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
servedClient	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ Central Railroad of New Jersey ⓘ Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Company ⓘ Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ numerous foreign railways ⓘ
suppliedForConflict	American Civil War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
transitionedFrom	steam locomotive production ⓘ
transitionedTo	diesel-electric locomotive production ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Locomotive Company → competitor → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

PRR T1 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

M4 Sherman tank → manufacturer → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Schenectady Locomotive Works → majorCompetitor → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Rogers Locomotive Works → competitiveWith → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Lima Locomotive Works → competedWith → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Electro-Motive Division → majorCompetitor → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

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Electro-Motive Division → majorCompetitor → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

AC-10 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

AC-4 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

AC-5 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

AC-11 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

AC-12 → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Ernest S. Marsh → builder → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Matthias W. Baldwin → notableWork → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Matthias W. Baldwin → founded → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ

Matthias W. Baldwin → employer → Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ