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| Author: | superheater [ Tue Aug 20, 2002 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Baldwin Diesels |
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 |
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| Author: | John Boykin [ Tue Aug 20, 2002 10:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Baldwin Diesels |
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. |
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| Author: | JD Moore [ Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Baldwin Diesels |
> 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 |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Baldwin Diesels |
> 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 |
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| Author: | Brian Fritz [ Wed Aug 21, 2002 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 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 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! :-) ) Washington Steam Railroads and Locomotives brianf425@yahoo.com |
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