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_switching_Train_1,_the_San_Francisco_Chief_at_Amarillo,_TX_(22189151459).jpg) #631, a DS-4-4-750 of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway switches a passenger train in Amarillo, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Baldwin DS-4-4-750 was a four-axle 750 horsepower (560 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1949 and 1951. It was a bridge between the 660 horsepower (490 kW) DS-4-4-660 and the S-8. It was the low power companion in Baldwin's catalog to their DS-4-4-1000 and the S-12.
Original owners
[edit]| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Locomotive Works (plant) | 1 | 301 | to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 301 in 1956; became Texas South-Eastern 301, R.J. Corman (Texas Line) 301, and recently sold to SMS Rail Lines. |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators) | 2 | 750–751 | to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 101–102. 101 preserved at Train Mountain Railroad Museum.[1] |
| American Cyanamid Company | 1 | 14 | |
| American Steel and Wire Company | 1 | 20 | |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 9 | 525–533 | |
| California Western Railroad | 2 | 51–52 | |
| Erie Railroad | 4 | 386–389 | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 24 | 5595–5618 | |
| Texas Mexican Railway | 2 | 509–510 | |
| Warner Sand and Gravel | 1 | 14 | This locomotive is now on the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton, Pennsylvania undergoing restoration |
| Youngstown Sheet and Tube | 6 | 608–610, 700–702 | |
| Total | 53 |
Page 40 of the Dolzall brothers book "Diesels from Eddystone" describes the DR-4-4-750 as a "Horsepower boost for a lagging seller." Baldwin dropped the DR-4-4-660 model and introduced the new 750 HP DR-4-4-750. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF) purchased nine in August 1948 and 21 units were sold in 1949 to six different customers.
References
[edit]- ^ Franz, Justin (2024-08-28). "Oregon Baldwin Moves To Train Mountain". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.
- Dolzall, Gary W. and Stephen F. (1984). Diesels From Eddystone: Baldwin Diesel Locomotives. Milwaukee,Wisconsin: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-052-3.