The narrow gauge tank engine was built by the Baldwin locomotive company in Philadelphia, USA, in January 1917. It saw service in Europe in the trenches of World War One, then ended up at a sugar ...

A working partnership began between Whitcomb and the much larger Baldwin Locomotive Works, which soon led to the latter investing in the company. Soon, Baldwin had complete control, making it a ...

The result was a bigger locomotive that ultimately put this new practice in steam technology on the map with advancements still to come. The first 2-8-2s were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Work ...

The inspiration for the film’s North Pole also has ties to the American railroad through famed inventor and businessman George Pullman. Pullman was the creator of the Pullman Palace Car Company, which ...