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Davenport, they cataloged their line-up with distinctive, and hopefully hard to get wrong, code words to identify the en- gine, its size and basic specs, and the gen- eral arrangement. (If I recall correctly, Porter also used codes, and of course Baldwin Locomotive Works had its com- plex numeric-alphabet-fraction syntax to describe what the buyer was ordering.) Davenport’s customers were mostly shortlines, industrial railroads, quar- ries and the like, as well as export en- gines and Uncle Sam for military use overseas. A neat little example of one of their products, thirty-inch gauge La- clede Christy No. 2, greets visitors when they pull into the parking lot of the Museum of Transport in St. Louis. While an enormous number of wheel
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and weight combinations are listed in the tables that make up the book, many (most?) of these were probably never built. Still, Davenport delivered thou- sands of steam, then diesel or gas me- chanical, locomotives in its half century of production (1904 to 1956), and if your company needed a small loco and the code name was on the list they could make it. On the page facing each table there is
a sample photo of the engine type and size for it, something modelers will en- joy. It should be noted that locomotives with the same dimensions often looked a little different because of the appli-
ances and the year built, but the ap- pearance would be similar. Bits of mod- eling information may be gleaned from the photos, too. Just how is a standard- gauge coupler mounted on an engine with drivers so small that its pilot beam is not far above the rails? You can find out here, and some of the arrange- ments look as if they were cobbled up on a modeler’s workbench. The photos are also good for modeling inspiration, and, as for the tables, it is one more way of learning about prototype loco- motives of this kind. The same holds true for the parts cat-
alog. Small engines are popular among modelers, but what do we really know about how they are built? What are the correct names for the parts? This sec- tion of the book is useful for that. We should know the nomenclature and have a general idea about what makes up what we model, especially if you do much kitbashing of these little beasts. The book is printed on a nice semi-
gloss stock, and the tables and photos are sharp. Its pages are slight reduc- tions from the original size, but the pictures are clear and hold the detail. If you have an interest in modeling small steam locomotives or in their history, you will find Davenport Loco- motive Works to be an affordable and useful addition to your library.–BILL SCHAUMBURG
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