Rod locomotive catalog. Davenport Locomotive Works. Designers and builders of rod and gear-drive steam locomotives, gasoline locomotives. . .

Davenport, IA: Davenport Locomotive Works, [1926]. Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 in. 72 pp. Printed throughout in green & black, illust vignette on title page of factory, photo illustrations throughout. Embossed gray illustrated softcovers, embossed & raised black lettering, cover art illust. of Davenport Locomotive (minor soiling, creasing, very minor rippling to textblock), still VG- copy, w/ H.J. Armstrong logo stamped at foot of front cover. Tenth edition, substantially revised & expanded, of this scarce switching engine catalogue. Founded originally in 1901 as the W.W. Whitehead Co., it was renamed in 1904 the Davenport Locomotive Works and specialized in a mixture of rod and geared locomotives, particularly tank models of rod locomotives. Their locomotives were desired by cement plants, coal companies, fruit companies, logging companies, and mining operations. This catalogue does feature a few listings for gear-drive locomotives, and gasoline engine locomotives which were first built by the company in 1924. During World War I, they were one of only three builders to supply 2 foot gauge trench railways, and later supplied the US Army switching locomotives through the Korean War. The company was later purchased by the Canadian Locomotive Co., and its plant shut down in the 1950’s. Worldcat locates 3 copies (Davenport, U of IA, Henry Ford (incorrect date of 1905)).