Baldwin Class 12-32 ¼ E

The Baldwin Class 12-32 ¼ E was a series of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works specifically for Short-line railroads and logging companies of the 1920s.
==History==
The class was designed in the 1920s specifically for Short-line railroads and logging companies of the 1920s.
These locomotives had 44-inch diameter driving wheels, a tractive effort ranging between 22,069 lbf. - 30,000 lbf. (98.2 - 133.4 kN), boiler pressure of 180 psi (1.24 MPa), 17-in x 24-in to 19-in x 24-in cylinders, and they weighed in ranging between 64 to 76 tons (105 - 110 tons with tender).
The class was retired from service and all, but six examples were scrapped.
==Preservation==
Today, at least seven locomotives have survived to this day, these locomotives are:
*Mexicano Del Pacifico #4 on static display at Los Mochis, SIN, Mexico.
*Sumter & Choctaw #102 on static display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
*California Western #45 in operational condition at the California Western Railroad in Fort Bragg, California.
*W.T. Carter & Bros Lumber Company #1 on static display at the Burlington - Rock Island Railroad Museum in Teague, Texas.
*Dierks Lumber & Coal Company #226 which is currently awaiting a restoration at the ES&NA Railway in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
*Dierks Lumber & Coal Company #227 on static display in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.
*Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern #300 is on static display in Hattiesburg, Mississippi right next to the Hattiesburg train station.
==Stock list==
Photograph	Locomotive 	Serial No.	Build date 	Status 	Notes
Frameless 	Mexicano Del Pacifico #4 	55645 	1920 	On Static Display 	
Frameless 	Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern No. 301 	57671 	March 1924 	Scrapped May 1952 	
 	Sumter & Choctaw #102 	57778 	June 1924 	On Static Display 	
 	California Western #44cwr44.jpg (720×361) (trainweb.org) 	- 	1930 	Scrapped 	Headlight mounted on the smokebox door.
 	California Western #457he FerroeguinoLog7'st (onlinehome.us)	58045 	October 1924 	Operational 	Formerly known as Medford Lumber Corp. #3
 	Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern No. 300 	58241 	February 1925	On Static Display 	
 	W.T. Carter & Bros Lumber Company #1 	58413 	May 1925 	On Static Display 	
Frameless 	Dierks Lumber & Coal Company #226 	60005 	May 1927 	Awaiting restoration at the ES&NA Railway	
Frameless 	Dierks Lumber & Coal Company #227 	60006 	May 1927 	On Static Display 	
==References==
# https://www.msrailroads.com/B&HS.htm
== External links ==
* https://www.deviantart.com/vincentberkan/art/Baldwin-12-32-1-4-E-class-2-8-2-Mikado-BASE-696391523
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