In 1912 the Larkin Soap Company completed their Terminal Warehouse on Exchange Street, east of downtown Buffalo, NY. The building contained 4 tracks that held 10 cars each. There was a yard feeding those tracks in the block immediately to the east of the building. Around the same time they purchased an 0-4-0T steam locomotive to shuffle cars in and out of the building to place them for loading (and unloading). I have attached 2 photos - one showing the locomotive coming out of the building and another that is a close-up of the locomotive.

Does anyone know or have any information on this locomotive - builder, etc. or know where I might go to research the builder. I have done some looking and didn't turn up anything. I am not familiar with details that might indicate a builder but I thought someone might recognize something.

Thanks - David Duncan

I'm thinking Vulcan.......

David -

The number plate on the 0-4-0T's smokebox door (1574 or possibly 1374) might well be the builder's serial number. Maybe someone has a list of Vulcan or Porter or ? construction numbers.

Les

I was gonna guess Vulcan. The domes don't look right for Porter, nor does the smokebox door. She COULD be Davenport, but we probably won't know for sure until Dave Conrad sorts this out.

I’m goi g to add to the Vulcan chorus here. That smoke box door looks decidedly Vulcan. In fact that locomotive looks very similar to a number of surviving Vulcans of similar vintage. Little River 1 and the runner at Georgia Museum of Agriculture come to mind. I’d go further and say it was probably in the 15-20 ton weight range too…

Vulcan 1893 4/1912 0-4-0T Std 14x20 37” 80000#
Larkin Co , Buffalo, N Y
Clapp, Riley & Hall Equipment Co
W F Hall Printing Co
Material Services Corp, Lockport, Ill