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