List of Baldwin diesel locomotives explained

A list of diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works since 1939. The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it moved to nearby Eddystone in the early 20th century. The company was for decades the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, but struggled to compete when demand switched to diesel locomotives. Baldwin produced the last of its 70,000-plus locomotives in 1951, before merging with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation on September 11, 1951, to form the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

Switchers

Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower output!Image
1939–1946 142 6-VO 660hp  
1946–1949 139 606NA 660hp
1949–1951 53 606NA 750hp
1950–1954 54 A units
9 B units
606 800hp
1953–1955 74 Caterpillar D397 400hp
1939–1946 548 8-VO 1000hp
DS-4-4-10001946–1948 56 608NA 1000hp
DS-4-4-10001948–1951 446 606SC 1000hp
S-12606A 1200hp

Road switchers

Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower output!Image
1945 8-VO 1000hp
1946–1948 606NA 660hp
1949 606NA 750hp
1948–1949 606SC 1000hp
1948–1950 9 (USA)
13 (Canada)
606SC 1000hp
1951–1956 50 606A 1200hp
1946–195291 608SC 1500hp
1950–1955 25 608A 1600hp
1947–195035 608SC1500hp
1950–1955 127 608A 1600hp
1948–1950 83 608SC 1500hp
1950–1954 214 A units
7 B units
608A 1600hp

Transfer units

Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower output!Image
1946 1 608NA (×2) 20002NaN2
1948–1950 45 606SC (×2) 20002NaN2
1951–1954 24 606A (×2) 24002NaN2

Cab units

Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementprincipal motorPower output!Image
1943 1 408 (×8) 60002NaN2 (only 4 of the 8 engines actually installed)
0-6-6-0 1000/1 DE194530 for Soviet RailroadsC-C1,000 hp (750 kW)
DR-12-8-1500/2
"Centipede"
1945–1948 56 608SC (×2) 30002NaN2
1945 2 8-VO (×2) 20002NaN2
1946–1948 9 608NA (×2) 20002NaN2
DR-6-4-2000
"Sharknose"
1948 18 A units
9 B units
606SC (×2) 20002NaN2
1948 1 606SC (×1) 1000hp
1947–1948 7 A units
2 B units
608SC 15002NaN2
DR-4-4-1500
"Babyface"
1947–1948 22 A units
11 B units
608SC 15002NaN2
DR-4-4-1500
"Sharknose"
1949–1950 36 A units
36 B units
608SC 15002NaN2
RF-16
"Sharknose"
1950–1953 109 A units
51 B units
608A 16002NaN2
1953 51 1500 hp
1956–1957 3 12-Maybach 1000hp

See also