Baldwin AS-16

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