Whitcomb Locomotives
Whitcomb Locomotive
This builder of locomotives actually had a short life span. The George D. Whitcomb Co. (Whitcomb Loocmotives) started production in 1906. In the beginning the company only produced small locomotives with the heaviest weighing 10 tons. In 1930 Whitcomb was forced to file bankruptcy and in 1931 Baldwin Locomotive Works owned a majority of Whitcomb's stock. The name Whitcomb remained as a production name for the next 10 years.
Whitcomb manufactured:
Battery mine Locomotives: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12,& 14 ton models
Trolley Locomotives: 4,6, 8, 10, 13, 15 & 20 ton models.
Gasoline Locomotives: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12,14,16,20,25,30,35,40 & 50 ton models.
Diesel Locomotives: 8,10,12,14,16,20,25,30,35,40 & 50 ton models.
Distillate Locomotives: 14,16,20,25,30,35,40 & 50 ton models.
Oil Electric: 15,20,25,30,35,40,50,60,70,80 & 100 ton models.
Whitcomb 6 ton trolley locomotive
Nice advertisement from Whitcomb with a storage battery locomotive
A 1922 Gas powered industrial type locomotive
1915 Whitcomb storage battery mine locomotive
The gas powered locomotive was used at the famous modern mine of the era New Orient to transport coal cars on the surface to the prep plant.
Classic advertisement from Whitcomb influencing mines to buy their locomotives 1919
The only Whitcomb storage battery operating & restored by our friends @ undergroundminers
Worm drive type Whitcomb mine locomotive (battery type 1925)
Whitcomb mine locomotive (trolley type with reel 1925)
