Baldwin Class 10-34-E

Baldwin Class 10-34-E
No. 40 taking on water on the New Hope Railroad, May 21, 2009
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Baldwin Locomotive Works Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works American Locomotive Company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works Model 10-34-E Build date 1883–1925
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0  • UIC 1′D n2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 50 in (1.270 m) Adhesive weight 142,000 lb (64.4 tonnes) Loco weight 160,000 lb (72.6 tonnes) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 16,000 lb (7.3 tonnes) Water cap. 6,000 US gallons (23,000 L; 5,000 imp gal) Boiler pressure 190 lbf/in^2 (1.31 MPa) Feedwater heater None Superheater None Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Valve type Piston valves Train heating Steam Train brakes 6ET
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 mph (72 km/h) Tractive effort 32,700 lbf (145 kN)
Career Operators Cresson, 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 Numbers 15 40 75 99 201 1147 1246 Preserved Seven Disposition Seven 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.

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

Railroad	Quantity	Class	Road numbers	Build date	Refs
Cresson, Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad	1	-	4	December 1889	[3]
Great Northern Railway	125	F-8	1140–1264	October 1901 – December 1907	[1][4]
Northern Construction Company	1	-	75	September 1907	[5]
Fernwood Lumber Company	2	-	11–12	1912	[2]
Rahway Valley Railroad	1	-	15	June 1916
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company	1	-	99	September 1919	[6]
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway	1	201	201	1924
Lancaster and Chester Railroad	1	-	40	December 2, 1925

Preservation

Photograph	Locomotive	Works No.	Build date	Builder	Former operator(s)	Status	Refs
	Great Northern 1147	5796	August 1902	ALCO	Great Northern Railway	On static display at Wenatchee, Washington
	Heber Valley Railroad 75	31778	September 1907	BLW	Northern Construction Company Great Western Railway Singing Rails, Inc.	Undergoing restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah	[5]
	Great Northern 1246	32297	1907	BLW	Great Northern Railway	Stored, awaiting restoration at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington	[7]
	Rahway Valley 15	43529	June 1916	BLW	Oneida and Western Railroad Rahway Valley Railroad Green Mountain Railroad	On static display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania	[8]
	Louisiana and Arkansas 99	52292	September 1919	BLW	Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad	On static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.	[6]
	Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia 201	57707	1924	BLW	Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway	On static display at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia
	New Hope Railroad 40	58824	December 2, 1925	BLW	Lancaster and Chester Railroad Cliffside Railroad	Operational at the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania

See also

• Baldwin Class 10-32-D
• Baldwin Class 10-12-D
• Baldwin Class 12-42-F

References

1. Muhlstein, Julie (2020-12-03). "A nostalgic glimpse at how trains shaped Everett". HeraldNet.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
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. "No. 75 – Heber Valley Railroad". Retrieved 2025-04-17.
6. "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.