Lima LRS-1200

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**Lima LRS-1200**
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Lima-Hamilton
Serial number	9423-9438
Model	LRS-1200
Build date	August 1950 – October 1950
Total production	16
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Prime mover	Hamilton T89SA
Engine type	4-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Turbocharger
Cylinders	Inline 8
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Power output	1,200 hp (895 kW)
Locomotive brakes	straight air
Train brakes	26L air
Career	New York Central Railroad
Number	5800–5815 later 6200–6215

The Lima LRS-1200 was a 1,200 hp (895 kW) diesel-electric road-switcher configured with an AAR type B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-B road trucks, built by Lima-Hamilton in 1950. All sixteen units were built for one railroad, the New York Central. A second order was outstanding at the time of Lima-Hamilton's merger with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, but owing to insufficient time to build the locomotives before the locomotive production ceased at Lima, they were built at Eddystone, PA, as Baldwin RS-12s.