Baldwin S-8

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Baldwin S-8
Specifications
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model S-8
Build date 1951 1953
Total produced 54, plus 9 "calf" units
AAR wheel arr. B-B
UIC classification B′B′
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover 606
Engine RPM range 625 rpm maximum
Engine type Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration Naturally aspirated, solid injection
Displacement 1,979 cu in (32.43 l) per cylinder
11,874 cu in (194.58 l) total
Generator DC generator
Traction motors DC traction motors
Cylinders Straight-6
Cylinder size 12 34 in × 15 12 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Transmission Electric
Power output 800 hp (600 kW)
Locomotive brake Air
Train brakes Air
Career
Locale United States and Cuba
Disposition most scrapped, 2 preserved

The Baldwin S-8 was an 800-horsepower (600 kW) diesel-electric locomotive intended for use in yard switching. The Baldwin Locomotive Works produced a total of 63 units (61 for United States railroads and 2 for use in Cuba) between 1951 and 1953. Of these, nine were"calf" units built for Oliver Iron Mining Company in Minnesota. A tenth calf had been built for them on a verbal order, but when delivery was refused, it was fitted with a cab, and converted to a regular S-8.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
American Rolling Mill Company
3
1151, 1152, 1201
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
1
102
La Salle and Bureau County Railroad
1
8
Medford Corporation, (Medford, Oregon)
1
8
Only Baldwin switcher built with dynamic brakes; preserved by the Southern Oregan Chapter, NHRS
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
2
50, 51
Oliver Iron Mining Company
9
1200A–1206A, 1214A, 1215A
"Cow" units
9
1200B–1206B, 1214B, 1215B
"Calf" units
Pennsylvania Railroad
6
8994–8999
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
1
6006
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
5
802–806
Sharon Steel Corporation
8
3–10
Sloss-Sheffield Steel
4
33–36
United Railways of Havana, Cuba
2
8001, 8002
US Pipe and Foundry
1
37
Build as "calf"; fitted with cab before sale to USP&F; preserved by Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (Calera, Alabama) as Jefferson Warrior 37
US Steel
1
13
Weyerhaeuser Company
2
103, 105
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
7
703, 800–805
Totals 54 A units
9 B units

Only two intact examples of the S-8 are known to survive today, one of which is owned by a railroad museum, while the other is the property of a railway historical society.[citation needed]

References

  • Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9. 
  • "Preserved Lima and Baldwin Diesels". Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 

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