During the first half of the 20th century, the Baldwin Locomotives Works, ALCO, and the Montreal Locomotive Works built about 150 Mallet-type articulateds for export. Used in a variety of roles from plantation work to mainline service, on gauges ranging from thirty inches to five feet, these locomotives shared many characteristics with the Baldwin Logging Mallets. Like the logging Mallets, these were generally small locomotives with driver diameters rarely going above 50-inches.
There were many interesting and unusual export Mallets, such as the tiny Ingenio Angelina "Milan," or the Columbian 2-8-8-2t which almost looked like a stretched Uintah #50. It is also interesting to note that the first Mallets built by Baldwin were four small 0-6-6-0s for the American Railroad of Puerto Rico.
At the moment, this page will highlight only a few of the many export Mallets, but as time goes by this page will hopefully grow. Unlike the logging Mallets roster, on this page if a railroad ordered a group of identical locomotives they will all be grouped on the same page.
Photos of many of the export Mallets can be seen at Bruce Pryor's Narrow Gauge From Off the Beaten Path.
1911 - ALCO - Japanese Nat. Railways 4600 class - six built - 3 ft 6 in gauge - Japan
1916 - Baldwin - Madagascar Railways (six built) - meter gauge - Madagascar
1907 - ALCO - Taupo Totara Timber Co. #7 - 42-inch gauge - Putaruru, New Zealand
1910 - Baldwin - Peking-Sunyuan Railway (four built) - standard gauge - China
1904 - Baldwin - American Railroad #s 35-38 - 3-foot gauge - Puerto Rico
1904 - Baldwin - Guayaquil & Quito Railway #s 17-18 - 3ft gauge - Ecuador
1912 - ALCO - Japanese National Railway 9750 class - 24 built - 1067 mm gauge - Japan
1912 - Baldwin - Japanese National Railway 9800 class - 18 built - 1067 mm gauge - Japan
1914 - Baldwin - Archangel Railway (30 built) - 3 ft 6 in gauge - Russia
1917/1918 - Baldwin - Archangel Railway (47 built) - 3 ft 6 in gauge - Russia
*above not delivered due to Russian Revolution, diverted to British War Dept. Most later saw use in Iraq
1918 - Baldwin - Arica-La Paz #?? - meter gauge - Chile
1925 - Baldwin - Insular Lumber Co. #7 - 42-inch gauge - Philippines
1917 - Baldwin - Minas Y Ferrocarril Utrillas #?? - meter gauge - Spain
1920 - Baldwin - Bone Guelma Co. #s 681-690 - meter gauge - Tunisia
1910 - ALCO - Columbian National Railway #20 - 3-foot gauge - Columbia
1908 - ALCO - French East Railway (two built) - Standard gauge - France
1909 - ALCO - South African Railways (ex-Natal) - MA Class #1601 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
1910 - ALCO - South African Railways (ex-Natal) - MB Class #s1602-1606 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
1918 - Montreal - South African Railways - MJ1 Class #s1666-1673 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
1912 - ALCO - C.F. Lorenco Marques #s 100-101 - Mozambique
8/1907 - Baldwin - Sorocabana #40 - meter gauge - Brazil OF
1908 - Baldwin - Ingenio Angelino #9 "Milan" - 30-inch gauge - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1910 - ALCO - South African Railways (ex-CSAR) - MD Class #1617 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
12/1910 - Baldwin - Mogyana #s?? - meter gauge - Brazil OF
1/1911 - Baldwin - Sorocabana #?? - meter gauge - Brazil
1911-12 - ALCO - South African Railways (ex-CSAR) - MF Class #s1619-1633 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
1911 - ALCO - South African Railways (ex-CSAR) - MG Class #1628 - 42-inch gauge - South Africa
8/1911 - ALCO - Rio Grande de Sul #601 - meter gauge - Brazil
2/1913 - ALCO - Sorocabana #615 - meter gauge - Brazil
1913 - Baldwin - Rede Sul Mineras #69 - meter gauge - Brazil
1915 - ALCO - Serbian State Railways #?? - 30-inch gauge - Serbia
1915 - Baldwin - E.F. Victoria Diamatina #s?? - meter gauge - Brazil
1917 - Baldwin - Manati Sugar #18 - 3-foot gauge - Cuba
3/1917 - Baldwin - FCdP Anaconda Copper - 2 built - meter gauge - Chile
1925 - Baldwin - NWR India - 5 ft 6 in gauge - India
1935, 1937 - Baldwin - E de F Goyaz #404-?? - meter gauge - Brazil
1946, 1949 - Baldwin - E.F. Donna Teresa Cristina #s 200-205 - meter gauge - Brazil
19?? - ALCO - Mogyana #s754 - meter gauge - Brazil
19?? - Baldwin - Viaco Ferrea de Rio Grande do Sul #632 - meter gauge - Brazil
1921 - Baldwin - Ferrocarril Del Sur #9 - meter gauge - Columbia
1916 - ALCO - Java State Railway - 8 built - 3 ft 6in gauge - Java
1919 - ALCO - Java State Railway - 12 built - 3 ft 6in gauge - Java
1913 - ALCO - Pekin Suiyan Railway - four built - std. gauge -China
1913 - ALCO - Paulista #?? - meter gauge - Brazil
19?? - Baldwin - Paulista #?? - meter gauge - Brazil
1921 - ALCO - Nankow Pass, Pekin Suiyan Railway - seven built - std. gauge - China
1941 - ALCO - Yunnan-Burma - twenty-five built - meter gauge - China
1935 - Baldwin - Ferrocarriles Nacionales (Columbian National Railway) - 3-foot gauge - Columbia
1907 - Baldwin - 0-6-6-0 - Wellington & Manawatu Railway - New Zealand
1907 - Baldwin - 2-6-6-2t - Wellington & Manawatu Railway - New Zealand
1940 - Baldwin - 2-6-6-2t - Braden Copper Co. - 30-inch gauge - Chile