Baldwin Class 12-42-F

The Baldwin Class 12-42-F was a class of 2-10-0 Decapod type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for four railroads in the United States between 1924 and 1930. The Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad asked for a light locomotive on the pattern of the Russian Decapod of the First World War, and Baldwin raised its weight and used 56-inch driving wheels, a 200 psi boiler and 24 by 28 inch cylinders for a tractive effort of 48,960 pounds-force. Buyers included the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern, the Durham and Southern and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which ordered more of the type after taking over the Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Five of the class are preserved.