Baldwin DR-4-4-15

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Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) Baldwin DR-4-4-15 "Babyface" units at Jefferson City, Missouri in 1953. MP's units were constructed three feet longer than their CNJ and NYC counterparts in order to provide space for steam generating equipment behind the cab.

Pennsylvania Railroad DR-4-4-15 "Sharknose" units at Cincinnati, Ohio. Note the prominent side fuel fill, a signature feature.

The Baldwin DR-4-4-15 was a 1,500-horsepower (1,119 kW) cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between November 1947 and June 1950. It was produced in two different body types, nicknamed the "Babyface" and "Sharknose" styles by railfans, though Baldwin used the same model number for both. 22 "Babyface" cab-equipped A units were built, along with 11 cabless booster B units; 36 "Sharknose" A units and 36 B units were constructed, making a total for all models of 105 locomotives built.

1 "Babyface" units produced (1947–1948)
2 "Sharknose" units produced (1949–1950)
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] "Babyface" units produced (1947–1948)

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Central Railroad of New Jersey	10 + 5	70–79 (A units) and K, L, M, R, S (B units)
Missouri Pacific Railroad	8 + 4	201A–208A (A units) and 201B–204B (B units)
New York Central Railroad	4 + 2	3400–3403 (A units) and 3700–3701 (B units)

[edit] "Sharknose" units produced (1949–1950)

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrator units)	2 + 2	6001A,B,C,D (sold to the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad, and assigned road #700A/#701A [A units] and #700B/#701B [B units], then to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and assigned road #4200/#4201 [A units] and #5200/#5201 [B units])
Pennsylvania Railroad	34 + 34	9568A,B–9593A,B (A units) and 9700A,B–9707A,B (B units)*

*Note: PRR unit nos. 9700A,B–9707A,B were equipped with Baldwin RF-16 bodies, and are therefore referred to by some as "RF-15s."

[edit] References

Hayden, Bob (Ed.) (1980). Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-547-9.
Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

[edit] See also

List of Baldwin diesel locomotives

[edit] External links

v • d • e Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Switchers:	S-12, S-8, DS-4-4-10, DS-4-4-7.5, DS-4-4-6, VO-1000, VO-660
Road switchers:	RS-12, AS-16, AS-416, AS-616, DRS-4-4-10, DRS-4-4-15, DRS-6-4-15, DRS-6-6-15, RS-12
Transfer units:	DT-6-6-20, RT-624
Cab units:	DR-12-8-1500/2, DR-6 series, DR-4-4-15, RF-16