The is Pacific Southwest Railway Musuem a Campo,CA

I need a draw the detail not the Eng Book


This big six-axle road switcher was the 134th unit of the 168 built in the 1950-54 Class AS-616 series, and was the first of the later style ones with roller bearings, different trucks, and higher hoods coming within two inches of the cab roof. “AS-616″ means All Service, 6 motorized axles, 1600 horsepower. It weighs 325,000 lbs. (162.5 tons), over 35 tons more than any other museum locomotive. It’s 58′ long over coupler faces, 14′ 1″ high to the cab roof, and has 42″ wheels in a C-C arrangement with Trimount trucks and roller bearings. The axles are staggered, with 5′ 8 1/2″ between the first and second axles from each end, and 7′ 3 1/2″ between the second and third axles. It has dynamic brakes, using the engine to help in braking, and is powered by an 8-cylinder turbocharged Baldwin Model 608A diesel engine (#6621) developing 1,600 hp. It has Westinghouse
traction motors on all six axles, and tractive effort of 105,500 lbs. The left side of the long hood has a “bulge” under the stack, around the turbocharger.



Being the first of the new high-hood AS-616’s, this unit was assigned as demonstrator and equipped with many “extras”, including a toilet and washroom in the short hood, reached through a door in the cab on the fireman’s side. It was painted yellow with red hood & cab tops, platform, and end stripes; silver end platforms and underframe; black railings & lettering; & yellow dashes on the platform sides. It was lettered with BLH and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing names, numbered BLH/WEM #1601 for its horsepower, and exhibited at the 1953 bi-annual Association of American Railroads summer convention in Atlantic City, NJ. Relettered BLH #1601, it was used in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Michigan, and returned to Eddystone for winter storage.

Stan

FWIW, the paint scheme as described in Kirkland's book on Baldwin diesels is described as cream and maroon. There's no sign of the silver underframe or yellow stripes on the side of the frame as you describe on the pictures of said locomotive in the book- I think these are from the O&NW. The unit was fully repainted prior to its sale to the O&NW, and the new owner chose the red and yellow scheme identical to the one Baldwin applied to Medford Corporation's S-8, built a couple years prior.

If you haven't already, I'd suggest reaching out to SMS Rail Service, as they have the only operational AS-616 right now (or at least I think they do).

Good luck with the project!

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

Eh? MN&S 21 at IRM, a BLW DT6-6-2000 weighs 356,000 lbs.

http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Minneapolis+Northfield+&+Southern+Railway=21

I believe he meant "any other locomotive at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum."