Baldwin AS-16

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Baldwin-Lima-Hamiton
Model	AS-16
Build date	May 1951–February 1956
Total produced	127

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	608A

Performance figures
Power output	1,600 hp (1,200 kW)

The Baldwin AS-16 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,600 hp (1,200 kW), 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 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.

Original buyers

Railroad	Quantity	Road Numbers	Notes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	16	890–905	Renumbered 6200–6215; renumbered 2241–2239
Erie Railroad	16	1106–1120, 1140
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	18	1571–1586, 1787–1788	Renumbered
Missouri Pacific Railroad (International-Great Northern Railroad)	2	4195–4196
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway)	6	4326–4331
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road")	4	320–323
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	16	6007–6016, 6022–6027
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line")	2	379–380
Reading Company	43	530–554, 560–563, 576–589
Western Maryland Railway	4	173–176
Total	127

References

Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.

Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Early units	Experimental units Baldwin pre-production switchers 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE

Switchers	VO-660 RS-4-TC DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12

Road switchers	DRS-4-4-1000 RS-12 DRS-4-4-1500 AS-16 DRS-6-4-1500 AS-416 DRS-6-6-1500 AS-616

Transfer units	DT-6-6-2000 RT-624

Cab units	DR-12-8-1500/2 DR-6 series DR-4-4-15 RF-16 RP-210

Export units	Soviet Railways ДБ20 DRS-6-4-660 DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 RF-615E

(See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives)

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