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Southern Pacific 982
Southern Pacific No. 982 is a "Santa Fe"-type steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baldwin in 1919 for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific Co. as #3651. The locomotive spent most of its life hauling heavy freight trains on the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific Railroad until November 1922, when it was transferred to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, Texas & New Orleans Railroad and renumbered as No. 982. In May 1957, it was donated to the Houston, City of Houston, Texas, where it used to be on static display at the Hermann Park Conservancy. Later on, the Houston, City of Houston would transform the area near the lake into the Hermann Park Cultural Plaza, with a café, a covered plaza, and public art pieces. It was then moved to the site of Houston's former Union Station (Ogden, Utah), Union Station, now the Minute Maid Park, where it remains today. Recently it was displayed without its tender, which had been moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, but struggled to compete as demand switched to diesel locomotives. Baldwin produced the last of its 70,000-plus locomotives in 1951, before merging with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation on September 11, 1951, to form the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation. The company has no relation to the E.M. Baldwin and Sons of New South Wales, Australia, a builder of small diesel locomotives for sugar cane railroads. History: 19th century Beginning The Baldwin Locomotive Works had a humble beginning. Matthias W. Baldwin, the founder, was a jeweler and whitesmith, who, in 1825, formed a partnership with machinist David H. Mason, and engaged in the manufacture of bookbinders' tools and cylinders for cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
