Baldwin AS-16
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Power type | Diesel-electric |
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Builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Model | AS-16 |
Build date | 1950–1955 |
Total production | 127 |
AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
Power output | 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
The Baldwin AS-16 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1600 horsepower, that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement. It was the successor to Baldwin's DRS-4-4-1500 model, and remained in the production until Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton quit the locomotive manufacturing business in 1956.
Nine railroads bought 127 locomotives, with five railroads having bought the previous model.
[edit] Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Roadnumbers |
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
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890–905 (to 6200–6215, to 2241–2239) |
Erie Railroad |
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1106–1120, 1140 |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |
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1571–1586, 1787, 1788 |
Missouri Pacific Railroad (International-Great Northern Railroad) |
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4195, 4196 |
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway) |
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4326–4331 |
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") |
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320–323 |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines |
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6007–6016, 6022–6027 |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") |
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379–380 |
Reading Company |
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530–554, 560–563, 576–589 |
Western Maryland Railway |
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173–176 |
[edit] References
Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374939.
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