Whitcomb Magazine Advertisements


Little Giants in Industry
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A COMPLETE LINE
of Internal Combustion and Electric Locomotives
For Switching and Industrial Service

date: October 1936 Baldwin Locomotives Magazine

This ad shows that in 1936 the new 660 HP diesel-electric locomotive, labeled "Internal Combustion Electric Drive Locomotives" in the ad, was intended to be marketed as a Whitcomb.

See: The Baldwin Diesel-Electric Switching Locomotive
for details of the 660 HP diesel-electric locomotive from the same issue of the magazine.
660 HP Locomotive Drawing

660 HP Locomotive Photo


Little Giants in Industry
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Little Giants in Industry

date: WWII

Whitcomb Locomotive Company
- founded 1878
- became a subsidiary for BLW in 1931


Thrive on Tough Schedules
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Thrive on Tough Schedules

Railway Age, December 14, 1946


thrive-on-tough All from the collection of Mark Laundry.


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