My mom's father worked for Standard Stoker in Erie PA - after WWII.
I will assume that unless they went into another line of business that they went out of business after 1955 when most all the railroads went to electric diesels.
I was doing some research on the company and found that before WW II, they were in court several times for copy write infringement.
One had something to do with the doors that opened up in the front of the fire box that was a copy of another design and others had to do with the way the stoker worked - auger feed and steam blasts that moved the coal from the center of the box to the sides.
My first guess is that they built stokers for Baldwin Locomotives - since it appears that they were some of the most popular locomotives for hauling coal.
Does anyone else have any more information about that company?
Any pictures of locomotives with Standard Stokers on their boilers?
I will assume that unless they went into another line of business that they went out of business after 1955 when most all the railroads went to electric diesels.
I was doing some research on the company and found that before WW II, they were in court several times for copy write infringement.
One had something to do with the doors that opened up in the front of the fire box that was a copy of another design and others had to do with the way the stoker worked - auger feed and steam blasts that moved the coal from the center of the box to the sides.
My first guess is that they built stokers for Baldwin Locomotives - since it appears that they were some of the most popular locomotives for hauling coal.
Does anyone else have any more information about that company?
Any pictures of locomotives with Standard Stokers on their boilers?