Designed for Strength

ID: 1634 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: E. C. Blomeyer
This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

This photo shows the underside of the Baldwin Consolidation locomotive with its 2-8-0 wheel configuration. Although few rail lines purchased this type after its introduction in 1873, within a few years it became one of the most popular locomotives in the United States because of its ability to move freight twice as heavy as its predecessor.

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

By Geoff Hunt
On June 18, 1918, a troop train carrying soldiers from Camp MacArthur’s 80th Field Artillery left East Waco and traveled eastward on the Cotton Belt line, heading toward a southern training camp.…