February 23, 2018 11:03AM
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Earl Wrote:
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> ALCO made great engines. They also made some
> not-so-pretty ones.
Might be due in part to ALCO's somewhat schizophrenic beginnings. ALCO started out as a mishmash of a bunch of little companies that didn't work all that closely together at first. An engine built at Schenectady wouldn't be the same in terms of finish or material quality as one built at Richmond, and both would differ from a Brooks engine. As individual plants closed down and the company gradually centralized, things became more consistent.
I think Baldwin gets something of a bad rap due to the problems associated with the late-era incarnation of the company. During its heyday in the late19th century its quality was second to none (except maybe for Mason and that's arguable). Things started to stagnate under Vauclain's management--coinciding with the period when ALCO was taking off--and ultimately the company went into a funk during the depression from which it never truly recovered. Late Baldwins tend to be stereotyped as low-bidder workhorses. A Baldwin from 1885 was top of the line.
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