Mr. Mitchell's mention of SMS in the post below made me wonder.

Other than SMS is their any other operations still using Baldwin Diesels?

Is there any a list anywhere in cyberspace that lists existing vintage 1st Generation power ala the way Wes Barris's list works on steam locomotive.com

superheater@beer.com

The old www.railroad.net/forums had a surprising list of them under its BLW section. I don't know if those archives are preserved.

> Other than SMS is their any other operations
> still using Baldwin Diesels?

Amador Foothills Railroad is 100% Baldwin powered. This is the old Amador Central Railroad. The AC replaced the two Baldwins (#9 and #10) with two EMD switchers which were transfered to the Quincy Railroad when Sierra Pacific Industries took over the operation and shut the railroad down. SPI re-opened the railroad a few years later under the new name. The #10 is the only operable unit, as the #9 is stored on a short disconnected piece of track and has been heavily canabilized to keep the #10 operating.

The Sierra is still using 1 Baldwin (#42) on it's dinner trains.

There are others. I recommend looking into the three-volume Baldwin Diesels set from Morning Sun. Volumes 1 and 2 are out, Volume 3 will be out September 25. Very well done and well worth it.

jamoore@elko.net

> Mr. Mitchell's mention of SMS in the post
> below made me wonder.

> Other than SMS is their any other operations
> still using Baldwin Diesels?

The biggest "user" (or perhaps by now the biggest Baldwin collection not in SMS's hands) is the Escanaba & Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Baldwins have been supplanted by some old ex-CR GP38s, but only one RS12 might still be running. And we won't even mention the Shark duo.

lner4472@bcpl.net

> Is there any a list anywhere in cyberspace
> that lists existing vintage 1st Generation
> power ala the way Wes Barris's list works on
> steam locomotive.com

Here's a list that Andrew Toppan maintains of Alco and EMD units:

http://www.hazegray.org/rail/

A quick Google search for "baldwin diesel locomotive" returned a lot of interesting looking hits. (But I'd better do some work first! :-) )


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