Baldwin AS-416

Baldwin AS-416
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model AS-416
Build date 1950–1955
Total produced 25
AAR wheel arr. A1A-A1A
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover 608A
Power output 1,600 hp (1,200 kW)

The Baldwin AS-416 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1600 horsepower, that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement.

Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the Baldwin AS-16, though the wheel arrangement spread out the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines.

It was introduced in 1950 as a replacement of the DRS-6-4-1500 and remained in Baldwin's catalog until their cessation of locomotive manufacture in 1956.

Only 25 units were sold to four railroads — all of whom had bought the earlier model.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Road Numbers Notes
Savannah and Atlanta Railway
3
108–110
Columbus and Greenville Railway
1
606
Norfolk Southern Railway
17
1601–1607
Office des Chemins de Fer Algériens
4
040 DF 1–4
Total 25

Preservation

Surviving examples include:

Columbus and Greenville 606, at the Illinois Railway Museum

Norfolk Southern 1616, at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

References

Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374939.