Vulcan Iron Works

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A Vulcan Iron Works builder's plate from 1941.
A Vulcan Iron Works builder's plate from 1941.
A Vulcan Iron Works print advertisement from the February 5, 1944 issue of Railway Age.
A Vulcan Iron Works print advertisement from the February 5, 1944 issue of Railway Age.

Vulcan Iron Works, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, manufactured railroad locomotives. The company was established in 1849 by Richard Jones, and ceased operation in 1954. Vulcan produced its first internal combustion locomotive in the 1920s; a total of 54 diesel-electric switcher units (each weighing 25 tons or more, including a 70-ton B-B unit built for Carnegie Steel Company in 1944, the company's largest) came out of Vulcan's shops between 1938 and 1954.

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  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4. 

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