Baldwin AS-16

{{Short description|Model of diesel-electric locomotive}}

{{one source|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Baldwin AS-16

| image = PRSL 6014 with Train 1001 at Haddonfield (2), September 1965.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| alt = A black locomotive hauling a passenger train

| caption = PRSL AS-16 at Haddonfield station in September 1965

| powertype = Diesel-electric

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}

| trucks = AAR Type B

| over couplers = 58’

| builder = Baldwin Locomotive Works

| builddate = May 1951–February 1956

| totalproduction = 127

| buildmodel = AS-16

| primemover = 608A

| aspiration = Turbocharger Elliott Company H704 (125 hp)

| generator = Westinghouse 471B

| tractionmotors = Westinghouse 370DL (4)

| gear ratio = 15:63, 15:68 (optional) 17:62 (passenger)

| coupling = AAR Type E knuckle

| poweroutput = {{convert|1625|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} (marketed as 1,600 hp)

| locale = North America

| disposition = All scrapped

| aarwheels = B-B

}}

The BLH AS-16 was a diesel-electric locomotive rated at {{convert|1625|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}}, 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. None have survived into preservation.

Original buyers

class="wikitable"

!Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes

Baltimore and Ohio Railroadstyle="text-align: center; | 16style="text-align: center; | 890–905Renumbered 6200–6215; renumbered 2241–2239
Erie Railroadstyle="text-align: center; | 16style="text-align: center; | 1106–1120, 1140
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroadstyle="text-align: center; | 18style="text-align: center; | 1571–1586, 1787–1788Renumbered
Missouri Pacific Railroad (International-Great Northern Railroad)style="text-align: center; | 2style="text-align: center; | 4195–4196
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway)style="text-align: center; | 6style="text-align: center; | 4326–4331
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road")style="text-align: center; | 4style="text-align: center; | 320–323
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Linesstyle="text-align: center; | 16style="text-align: center; | 6007–6016, 6022–60276022–6027 were a cancelled order by the Reading Co., The 6 were built in 1953 with dynamic brakes and conventional mu (as opposed to BLW's air-controlled design). In 1956 the P-RSL acquired the units and had the dynamic brakes removed, BLW air-controlled mu installed, only №'s 6024 to 6027 had steam boilers installed.
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line")style="text-align: center; | 2style="text-align: center; | 379–380
Reading Companystyle="text-align: center; | 43style="text-align: center; | 530–554, 560–563, 576–589
Western Maryland Railwaystyle="text-align: center; | 4style="text-align: center; | 173–176
Total127

Usage

The AS-16 was designed as an all-around useful locomotive, capable of freight or passenger service.

The engine had optional benefits such as a steam generator or dynamic brakes.

The AAR Type B truck warranted higher speed than its siblings, the AS-416 and AS-616, with their three axle trucks.

References

{{commons category|Baldwin AS-16 locomotives}}

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Kirkland | first = John F.

| title = The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works

|year=1994

| publisher = Interurban Press

| isbn = 0-916374-93-9

}}

{{Baldwin diesels}}

Category:B-B locomotives

AS-16

Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States

Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1950

Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States

Category:Baltimore and Ohio locomotives

Category:Erie Railroad locomotives

Category:Nickel Plate Road locomotives

Category:Philadelphia and Reading Railroad locomotives

Category:Soo Line locomotives

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