Baldwin AS-416

AS-416
Norfolk Southernnumber 1616, an AS-416, at Chesapeake, VA, in 1968
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation Model AS-416 Build date May 1951–December 1955 Total produced 25
Specifications Configuration: ​ •AAR A1A-A1A Gauge 4 ft8+1⁄2in(1,435 mm)standard gauge Length: ​ • Over couplers 58’ Prime mover 608A Aspiration Turbocharger Elliott Company H704 (125 hp) Generator Westinghouse YG42B Traction motors Westinghouse 370DL (4)
Performance figures Power output 1,625hp(1,212 kW) (marketed as 1,600 hp)

TheBLH AS-416was adiesel-electric locomotiveof theroad switchertype rated at 1,625hp(1,212 kW), that rode on three-axletrucks,having anA1A-A1Awheel arrangement.

Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, theAS-16,though the wheel arrangement spread out theaxle loadfor operation on light rail such as are found onbranch lines.

It was introduced in 1950 as a replacement of theDRS-6-4-1500and remained in BLH's catalog until their cessation of locomotive manufacture in 1956.

Only 25 units were sold to four railroads — all of whom had bought the earlier model. The vast majority (17 of the 25 units) were purchased by the originalNorfolk Southern Railway (1942–82),becoming a signature locomotive for the company.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Savannah and Atlanta Railway	3	108–110
Columbus and Greenville Railway	1	606
Norfolk Southern Railway	17	1601–1617
Office des Chemins de Fer Algériens	4	040 DF 1–4
Total	25

Preservation

Columbus & Greenville Railway number 606 at Illinois Railway Museum

Surviving examples include:

• Columbus and Greenville 606, at theIllinois Railway Museum
• Norfolk Southern 1616, at theNorth Carolina Transportation Museum.

References

• Kirkland, John F. (November 1994).The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works.Interurban Press.ISBN0-916374-93-9.