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 | | peter bunce
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| | 08/29/2008 2:58 AM |
| Hi Steve,
Another useful find - THANKS
For others this is a big book - its a Google book, and has 465 pages!
So when starting to look at it do open the thumbnail facility in Adobe(of Foxit), (it comes up on the left hand side of the page)the book does not start till page 8 and then there is a 'potted history' of Baldwin for about the first 100 pages, then some interesting spec sheet data, then at page 118 (catalog page 110)the locomotives, and the pictures of them start. Later there are as Steve says detail drawings etc.
The Google book page numbers by the way do not match the Baldwin catalog page numbers.
Thanks again Steve, another very useful 'computer' book added to the list. | |
Peter Bunce.
my website is part of my daughters website at www.musiccorner.co.uk', under the G scale sections on the left hand side. | |
| cjwalas
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| | 08/29/2008 7:52 AM |
| Very interesting find, Steve. Thanks for posting it. Looks like it may come in very handy indeed. I think some of the detail drawings may find employment soon!
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| SteveC
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| | astrayelmgod
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| | 08/29/2008 10:24 PM |
| I noticed that in the front of the catalog there is a description of the Baldwin plant. It says that the factory was on Broad St, extending from Pennsylvania Ave to Spring Garden. So, I went to Google Maps and found it, then switched to the satellite view, and darned if it doesn't look like a lot of the buildings are still there. One has been replaced by a multi-story parking garage, but the rest looks pretty similar, if you ignore the roof mounted air conditioners.
Very interesting. Thanks, Steve, for posting it. | | | |
| peter bunce
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| | 08/30/2008 10:33 AM |
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Hi Steve,
That will make finding things in the book even easier - Thanks! | |
Peter Bunce.
my website is part of my daughters website at www.musiccorner.co.uk', under the G scale sections on the left hand side. | |
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