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Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 Switchers: Specs, Production Roster & History

Last revised: August 11, 2026

By: Adam Burns

The Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 was one of the most successful diesel locomotives the Baldwin Locomotive Works ever sold. Built from mid-1946 into early 1951, it replaced the wartime VO-1000 in Baldwin’s catalog and gave railroads a modern 1,000-horsepower end-cab switcher for yards, terminals, industrial plants, and short freights. Roughly 500 units went to Class I roads, short lines, steel mills, mining companies, and one Canadian system—Canadian Pacific—before the model gave way to the S-12 under Baldwin’s simplified 1950s nomenclature.

Penn Central Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 7960 former Pennsylvania Railroad switcher at Thorndale Pennsylvania circa 1969 Robert Eastwood Jr

Penn Central DS-4-4-1000 #7960—a former Pennsylvania Railroad unit—at Thorndale, Pennsylvania, circa 1969. The PRR was Baldwin’s largest customer for the model. Robert Eastwood, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.

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Production figures and the unit-by-unit roster below are based on John F. Kirkland’s The Diesel Builders, Volume Three: Baldwin Locomotive Works—still the standard reference for Baldwin diesel construction lists.

At a Glance

ItemDetail
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works (Eddystone, Pa.)
ModelDS-4-4-1000
TypeFour-axle (B-B) diesel-electric switcher
Horsepower1,000 hp
ProductionJune 29, 1946 – January 19, 1951
Total built502 (56 with 608NA engine; majority with 606SC)
PredecessorVO-1000
SuccessorS-12 (1,200 hp catalog successor in the simplified line)
Electrical equipmentWestinghouse (generator, traction motors, auxiliaries)
Largest buyerPennsylvania Railroad (136 units)
Other major fleetsB&O, Santa Fe, Reading, Seaboard Air Line, Erie, Canadian Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific

What the Model Name Means

Baldwin’s mid-1940s classification system packed a lot into a short string:

  • DS — Diesel Switcher
  • 4-4 — four powered axles in a B-B arrangement (two two-axle trucks)
  • 1000 — horsepower rating

The system was precise but cumbersome. After 1951 Baldwin simplified the switcher line: S-8 and S-12 used “S” for switcher and a shortened horsepower figure. The DS-4-4-1000 and the related DS-4-4-750 were among the last models marketed under the older scheme.

From VO-1000 to DS-4-4-1000

Baldwin entered volume diesel switcher production with the VO series, powered by engines from the De La Vergne design family that Baldwin had absorbed. The VO-1000 (about 548 built) was a genuine wartime and immediate postwar success—rugged, simple, and well matched to yard work. By 1946, however, Baldwin was ready to field its own 600-series prime movers in the same basic end-cab package.

The DS-4-4-1000 that resulted looked, from the outside, very much like a late VO-1000: end cab, long hood, B-B trucks, and a length of 48 feet between coupler pulling faces. Westinghouse still supplied the electrical gear. Internally, the change to the 600-series engines was the real story—first the eight-cylinder 608NA, then the six-cylinder turbocharged 606SC.

Market timing helped. North American railroads were dieselizing yards as fast as builders could deliver. Experience showed that 1,000 to 1,200 horsepower hit a sweet spot for switching, industrial service, and light road work. Smaller Baldwin switchers (VO-660, DS-4-4-600, DS-4-4-750) sold in more modest numbers; the thousand-horsepower class sold by the hundreds. Electro-Motive’s NW2 and later SW series dominated the same niche, but Baldwin’s DS-4-4-1000 proved that Eddystone could still move iron when the product fit the job.

Milwaukee Road Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 947 at Winona Minnesota July 1968 built as 1902 October 1949 Fred Byerly photo

Milwaukee Road DS-4-4-1000 #947 between assignments at Winona, Minnesota, in July 1968. Built as Milwaukee #1902 in October 1949 (Baldwin serial 944), it was later renumbered into the 940-series. Fred Byerly photo. American-Rails.com collection.

Two Engines, One Model Name

Baldwin kept the DS-4-4-1000 model designation across two different prime movers. Understanding the engine codes clears up a lot of roster confusion:

Code element608NA606SC
60600-series engine family600-series engine family
Cylinder count8 (inline)6 (inline)
AspirationNA — normally aspiratedSC — supercharged (turbocharged)
Rated power1,000 hp1,000 hp
Rated RPM625625
Production windowJune 29, 1946 – January 1, 1948January 28, 1948 – January 19, 1951
First unit (Kirkland)Reading #34Erie #602
Approx. quantity56~446

The 606SC used turbochargers from American Locomotive (Model BF40) or the Elliott Company (Model BF34), depending on the locomotive. Both engine versions drove Westinghouse electrical equipment and rode General Steel Castings trucks of the rigid-bolster, drop-side-equalizer type common to Baldwin switchers of the period.

Why change from eight cylinders to six while keeping the same horsepower? The turbocharged six offered a more modern path within Baldwin’s 600-series development and became the volume standard after early 1948. Spotters cannot always tell 608NA from 606SC units at a glance; builder records and serial numbers are the reliable guide.

Data Sheet and Specifications

Figures below follow Kirkland’s production data for the two DS-4-4-1000 variants. Continuous tractive effort is the rating at speed; starting effort under sand could be higher depending on weight on drivers and adhesion.

608NA version

SpecificationValue
Entered productionJune 29, 1946 (Reading #34)
Years producedJune 29, 1946 – January 1, 1948
Baldwin classDS-4-4-1000
Engine608NA, 8-cylinder in-line (De La Vergne / Baldwin 600 series)
Horsepower1,000
RPM625
CarbodyBaldwin
Length (coupler pulling faces)48 ft
Weight240,000 lbs
Height (rail to cab top)14 ft
Width10 ft
TrucksB-B
Truck typeGSC rigid bolster, drop-side equalizer
Truck wheelbase8 ft
Wheel diameter40 in
Traction motorsWestinghouse 362D (4)
Main generatorWestinghouse 480D
Auxiliary generatorWestinghouse YG40D
Gear ratio16:76
Tractive effort (continuous)33,600 lbs at 8.3 mph
Top speed45 mph

606SC version

SpecificationValue
Entered productionJanuary 28, 1948 (Erie #602)
Years producedJanuary 28, 1948 – January 19, 1951
Baldwin classDS-4-4-1000
Engine606SC, 6-cylinder in-line, supercharged
TurbochargerModel BF40 (Alco) / Model BF34 (Elliott)
Horsepower1,000
RPM625
CarbodyBaldwin
Length (coupler pulling faces)48 ft
Weight240,000 lbs
Height (rail to cab top)14 ft
Width10 ft
TrucksB-B
Truck typeGSC rigid bolster, drop-side equalizer
Truck wheelbase8 ft
Wheel diameter40 in
Traction motorsWestinghouse 362D (4)
Main generatorWestinghouse 480D
Auxiliary generatorWestinghouse YG40D
Gear ratio16:76
Tractive effort (continuous)33,600 lbs at 8.3 mph
Top speed45 mph

Who Bought Them

The DS-4-4-1000’s customer list is a cross-section of late-1940s dieselization. Pennsylvania Railroad took 136 units alone (PRR class BS-10a in company records)—still the largest single fleet. Baltimore & Ohio rostered 49; Santa Fe 41; Reading split orders between early 608NA and later 606SC units (14 + 30); Seaboard Air Line likewise mixed both engines across large blocks. Erie, Milwaukee Road, Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific (including St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico subsidiaries), Chicago Great Western, and Lehigh Valley all bought in meaningful numbers.

Industrial ownership was significant: U.S. Steel’s Columbia-Geneva and Carnegie plants, Patapsco & Back Rivers, Oliver Iron Mining, Calumet & Hecla, Copper Range, and others. Terminal roads such as the Belt Railway of Chicago, Kentucky & Indiana Terminal, Oakland Terminal, and Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis used the type where slow-speed pulling power mattered more than road speed.

Canadian interest was real but focused: Canadian Pacific took eleven 606SC units (7065–7075), giving Baldwin a foothold north of the border that many of its road models never enjoyed.

Baldwin’s broader diesel story is more mixed. The company never matched Electro-Motive in road-freight reliability or volume. Switchers, however—especially the thousand-horsepower class—were a brighter chapter. The DS-4-4-1000 shows what Baldwin could still do when the assignment matched its engineering strengths and Westinghouse electrical partnership.

On the Ground: How the Locomotive Worked

As a working machine, the DS-4-4-1000 was a classic American end-cab switcher. The engineer sat at one end with clear views for spotting cars; the long hood covered the prime mover, generator, and cooling plant. Four Westinghouse traction motors, one per axle, gave the locomotive the slow-speed pull that yardmasters wanted. The published continuous rating of roughly 33,600 pounds of tractive effort at a little over 8 mph is the language of drag—not dash. Top speed was listed at 45 mph, enough for transfer runs and branch freights but not a road unit in the road-switcher sense that would soon dominate Baldwin’s (and everyone else’s) catalogs.

That distinction matters historically. In the late 1940s the industry was still sorting out which diesel forms would win. End-cab switchers owned the yards. Hood-unit road-switchers were beginning to own the freights. Baldwin sold plenty of the former and struggled, relative to EMD, with the latter. When writers say Baldwin “could not build a reliable road locomotive,” they are usually talking about road-freight designs and maintenance culture—not denying that hundreds of Baldwin switchers put in honest decades of service from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and from the Mesabi to the Gulf Coast.

Compared with contemporary Electro-Motive NW2 and SW switchers, a DS-4-4-1000 offered similar horsepower and a different mechanical personality: Baldwin engine, Westinghouse electrics, and the heavy, cast-truck feel many industrial operators still praise. Fans of SMS Rail Lines and other Baldwin holdouts often cite starting tractive effort and low-speed control as reasons the old Eddystone switchers remain useful long after most Class I fleets retired them.

Service Life and Successors

Most DS-4-4-1000s spent their careers in the work for which they were built: humping cars, working industrial leads, and covering transfer runs. Some roads rebuilt units rather than scrap them early; Missouri-Kansas-Texas, for example, re-engined a group of its early 608NA locomotives with EMD 12-567C plants around 1959–60. Others ran into secondhand markets, short lines, and scrap dealers as second-generation diesels arrived in the 1960s and 1970s.

In the catalog, the DS-4-4-1000 was followed by the S-12, a 1,200-horsepower switcher that continued the end-cab Baldwin look under the simplified model name. Many crews and fans still lump late DS-4-4-1000s and early S-12s together visually; horsepower rating, builder plates, and carbody details separate them for the careful spotter.

Baldwin left the new-locomotive business in the 1950s (with Lima-Hamilton interests folded into the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton era). The DS-4-4-1000 outlived the builder in revenue service by decades on several roads and, in a few cases, is still earning its keep in industrial switching.

Preservation and Survivors

Given the production total, a surprising number of DS-4-4-1000s still exist. Documented museum and heritage examples include:

  • Santa Fe #2260 — Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, Texas
  • Canadian Pacific #7069 — displayed in the Toronto area (Toronto Railway Museum / private ownership context)
  • Missouri-Kansas-Texas #1006 — Parsons Historical Society, Parsons, Kansas (early 608NA series)
  • Oakland Terminal #101 — Niles Canyon Railway, California
  • Reading #702 — Reading Railroad Heritage Museum, Hamburg, Pennsylvania

In commercial service, SMS Rail Lines (New Jersey) has been well known among Baldwin fans for keeping classic Eddystone power at work. Its fleet has included former Copper Range #101 (a 608NA DS-4-4-1000) and former Pennsylvania Railroad #9069, among other Baldwin switchers—living proof that the model’s slow-speed tractive character still has friends in industrial parks.

Preservation lists change as locomotives move, are cosmetically restored, or leave public view. Confirm current locations with the museum or operator before planning a visit.

Production Rosters

Total built (Kirkland): 502

The unit-by-unit tables below list original owner, road number, Baldwin serial number, construction number, and completion date. Early production used the 608NA engine; from Erie #602 onward the standard was the 606SC. Serial numbers are not always strictly consecutive across Baldwin’s entire plant output—gaps can reflect other models or plant accounting rather than missing DS-4-4-1000s.

608NA production (56 units)

OwnerRoad NumberBaldwin Serial NumberConstruction NumberCompletion Date
Reading Railroad34548722326/29/1946
Seaboard Air Line1417549722336/24/1946
Reading Railroad35 (2nd)550722346/29/1946
Seaboard Air Line1418554727917/23/1946
Seaboard Air Line1419555727947/24/1946
Reading36 (2nd)556727937/27/1946
Reading37557727947/28/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1000558727958/14/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1001559727968/15/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1002560727978/28/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1003561727988/29/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1004562727999/2/1946
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1005563728009/2/1946
Reading Railroad38564728018/25/1946
Reading Railroad39565728028/25/1946
Seaboard Air Line1420566728039/5/1946
Seaboard Air Line1421567728049/16/1946
Seaboard Air Line1422568728059/18/1946
Seaboard Air Line1423569728069/19/1946
Seaboard Air Line14245707280710/5/1946
Erie Railroad6005717280811/27/1946
Erie Railroad6015727280912/20/1946
Western Maryland1335737281012/18/1946
Western Maryland1345747281112/28/1946
Detroit Terminal103575728121/27/1947
Norfolk Southern (Original)1001576728321/21/1947
Norfolk Southern (Original)1002577728331/22/1947
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1006578728342/28/1947
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1007579728352/21/1947
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1008580728362/19/1947
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1009581728372/19/1947
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)1010582728383/10/1947
Copper Range Railroad100583728394/7/1947
Copper Range Railroad101584728404/17/1947
Reading Railroad26585728414/25/1947
Reading Railroad27586728425/12/1947
Reading Railroad28587728438/8/1947
Reading Railroad29588728449/1/1947
Reading Railroad30589728459/9/1947
Reading Railroad31590728469/10/1947
Reading Railroad32591728479/19/1947
Reading Railroad335927284810/1/1947
New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate)1005937289410/28/1947
New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate)1015947285010/30/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)21595728517/23/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)22596728527/22/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)235977285312/4/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)245987285412/3/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)255997285512/14/1947
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)266007285612/9/1947
Belt Railway Of Chicago405601734817/12/1947
St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)10236027348212/13/1947
St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)1024603734831/4/1948
St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)1025604734841/4/1948
St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)1026605734851/1/1948
St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)1027606734861/1/1948

606SC production

OwnerRoad NumberBaldwin Serial NumberConstruction NumberCompletion Date
Erie Railroad602607735681/28/1948
Erie Railroad603608735692/7/1948
Erie Railroad604609735702/8/1948
Patapsco & Back Rivers337610735713/2/1948
Patapsco & Back Rivers338611735723/4/1948
Patapsco & Back Rivers339612735733/8/1948
Patapsco & Back Rivers340613735743/9/1948
Patapsco & Back Rivers341614735753/22/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2260615735762/23/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2261616735772/23/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2262617735782/15/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2263618735792/15/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2264619735803/3/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2265620735813/3/1948
Missouri Pacific9120621735822/21/1948
Missouri Pacific9121622735832/21/1948
Missouri Pacific9122623735842/20/1948
Missouri Pacific9167624735853/18/1948
Pennsylvania5968625735863/19/1948
Pennsylvania5969626735873/20/1948
Pennsylvania5970627735883/23/1948
Pennsylvania5971628735893/24/1948
Pennsylvania5972629735903/25/1948
Pennsylvania5973630735913/26/1948
Pennsylvania5974631735923/27/1948
Pennsylvania5975632735934/1/1948
Pennsylvania5976633735944/2/1948
Pennsylvania5977634735954/3/1948
Pennsylvania9177635735964/7/1948
Pennsylvania9178636735974/8/1948
Pennsylvania9179637735984/11/1948
Pennsylvania9180638735994/18/1948
Pennsylvania9181639736004/18/1948
Pennsylvania9182640736015/15/1948
Pennsylvania9183641736024/18/1948
Pennsylvania5978642736035/20/1948
Pennsylvania5979643736045/20/1948
Akron & Barberton Belt26644736053/19/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)27645736066/15/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)28646736076/13/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)29647736086/18/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)30648736096/22/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)31649736106/27/1948
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division (U.S. Steel)32650736117/5/1948
Long Island Rail Road450651736124/26/1948
Carnegie Steel (U.S. Steel)74652736136/16/1948
Carnegie Steel (U.S. Steel)75653736146/11/1948
Pennsylvania9122655736166/16/1948
Pennsylvania9123656736176/18/1948
Pennsylvania9124657737536/19/1948
Pennsylvania9125658737546/23/1948
Pennsylvania9126659737557/2/1948
Pennsylvania9127660737567/7/1948
Pennsylvania9128661737577/21/1948
Pennsylvania9129662737587/22/1948
Pennsylvania9130663737597/23/1948
Pennsylvania9131664737607/24/1948
Pennsylvania9132665737617/25/1948
Pennsylvania9133666737627/27/1948
Pennsylvania9134667737637/27/1948
Pennsylvania9135668737647/28/1948
Pennsylvania9136669737658/1/1948
Erie Railroad605670737666/14/1948
Erie Railroad606671737676/14/1948
Union PacificDS1206672737689/7/1948
Union PacificDS1207673737699/7/1948
Union PacificDS1208674737709/11/1948
Union PacificDS1209675737719/7/1948
Union PacificDS1210676737729/11/1948
Oakland Terminal101677737737/20/1948
Reading700678737749/18/1948
Reading701679737759/18/1948
Reading702680737769/22/1948
Reading703681737779/23/1948
Reading704682737789/22/1948
Reading705683737799/22/1948
Reading706684737809/23/1948
Reading707685737819/24/1948
Reading708686737829/24/1948
Reading709687737839/28/1948
Reading710688737849/28/1948
Reading7116897378510/2/1948
Reading7126907378610/6/1948
Reading7136917378710/8/1948
Reading7146927378810/8/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2266693737899/25/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2267694737909/26/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2268695737919/24/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2269696737929/25/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22706977379310/5/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22716987379410/5/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22726997379510/19/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22737007379610/22/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22747017379710/19/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22757027379810/19/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22767037379910/24/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22777047380010/21/1948
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe22787057380110/21/1948
Canadian Pacific7065706738023/4/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4387077383910/27/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4397087384010/28/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4407097384110/28/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4417107384211/4/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4427117384311/5/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4437127384411/3/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4447137384511/3/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4457147384611/4/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4467157384711/12/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4477167384811/10/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4487177384911/13/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4497187385011/12/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4507197385111/12/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4517207385211/14/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4527217385311/13/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4537227385411/13/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4547237385511/12/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4557247385611/14/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4567257385711/15/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4577267385811/17/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4587277385911/16/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4597287386012/20/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4607297386112/24/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4617307386212/23/1948
Baltimore & Ohio4627317386312/25/1948
Pennsylvania92517327386412/20/1948
Pennsylvania92527337386512/22/1948
Pennsylvania9253734738661/4/1949
Pennsylvania92547357386712/30/1948
Pennsylvania9255736738681/4/1949
Pennsylvania9256737738691/6/1949
Pennsylvania9257738738701/7/1949
Pennsylvania9258739738711/10/1949
Pennsylvania9259740738721/3/1949
Pennsylvania9260741738731/3/1949
Pennsylvania9261742738741/5/1949
Pennsylvania9262743738751/6/1949
Pennsylvania9263744738761/11/1949
Pennsylvania9264745738771/9/1949
Pennsylvania9265746738781/12/1949
Pennsylvania9266747738791/19/1949
Pennsylvania9267748738801/11/1949
Pennsylvania9268749738812/17/1949
Pennsylvania9269750738822/2/1949
Pennsylvania9270751738831/27/1949
Pennsylvania9271752738842/25/1949
Pennsylvania9272753738852/2/1949
Pennsylvania9273754738861/18/1949
Pennsylvania9274755738872/4/1949
Pennsylvania9275756738881/19/1949
Chicago Great Western32757739142/6/1949
Chicago Great Western33758739152/6/1949
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)2387597391612/4/1948
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)2397607391712/6/1948
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)2407617391812/9/1948
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)2417627391912/8/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16927637392011/7/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16937647392111/7/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16947657392211/6/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16957667392311/7/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16967677392411/27/1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)16977687392511/27/1948
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal537697392610/2/1948
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal54770739279/30/1948
Southern Railway22857717392811/23/1948
Southern Railway22867727392911/23/1948
Southern Railway22877737393011/22/1948
Southern Railway22887747393111/24/1948
Southern Railway22897757393211/25/1948
Southern Pacific1393776739339/3/1948
Southern Pacific1394777739349/22/1948
Southern Pacific1395778739359/12/1948
Southern Pacific1396779739369/12/1948
Southern Pacific1397780739379/11/1948
Southern Pacific1398781739389/18/1948
Southern Pacific1399782739399/17/1948
Southern Pacific1400783739409/18/1948
Southern Pacific1401784739419/20/1948
Southern Pacific1402785739429/27/1948
Canadian Pacific70667867394310/19/1948
Canadian Pacific70677877394410/19/1948
Canadian Pacific70687887394510/18/1948
Canadian Pacific70697897394610/18/1948
Canadian Pacific70707907394711/15/1948
Canadian Pacific70717917394811/5/1948
Canadian Pacific70727927394911/6/1948
Canadian Pacific70737937395010/28/1948
Canadian Pacific70747947395111/5/1948
Canadian Pacific70757957395211/5/1948
Ironton Railroad7507967395310/23/1948
American Smelting & Refining Company101797739549/15/1948
Wabash304798739551/16/1949
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company201799739568/19/1948
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company202800739578/17/1948
Bessemer & Lake Erie282801739583/25/1949
Erie Railroad607802739593/1/1949
Erie Railroad608803739603/5/1949
Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis602804739613/19/1949
Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis603805739623/10/1949
Missouri Pacific9133806739633/14/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2279807740733/16/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2280808740743/18/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2281809740753/31/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2282810740763/31/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2283811740773/21/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2284812740783/23/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2285813740793/22/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2286814740803/25/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2287815740813/29/1949
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2288816740823/29/1949
Chicago & North Western1018817740833/14/1949
Chicago & North Western1019818740843/8/1949
Chicago & North Western1020819740853/9/1949
Chicago & North Western1021820740863/14/1949
Chicago & North Western1022821740874/16/1949
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C&NW)99822740883/16/1949
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C&NW)100823740893/17/1949
Missouri Pacific9124824740903/21/1949
Missouri Pacific9125825740914/11/1949
Missouri Pacific9126826740923/21/1949
Missouri Pacific9127827740934/11/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9162828740943/30/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9163829740953/30/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9164830740963/28/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9165831740973/26/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9166832740984/9/1949
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9167833740994/22/1949
Pennsylvania9050834741003/3/1949
Pennsylvania9051835741013/11/1949
Pennsylvania9052836741023/3/1949
Pennsylvania9053837741033/31/1949
Pennsylvania9054838741043/30/1949
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Pennsylvania9077861741834/25/1949
Pennsylvania9078862741845/7/1949
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Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line)311864741866/22/1949
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line)312865741876/21/1949
Oliver Iron Mining Company928866741886/29/1949
Oliver Iron Mining Company929867741896/6/1949
Oliver Iron Mining Company930868741906/6/1949
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Oliver Iron Mining Company932870741927/12/1949
U.S. Army Corps Of EngineersW8380871741938/9/1949
Central Of Georgia36872741948/6/1949
Pennsylvania5585873741972/7/1950
Erie Railroad616874741969/12/1949
Central Of Georgia378757419510/24/1949
Pennsylvania5566876741981/6/1950
Pennsylvania5567877741991/5/1950
Pennsylvania5568878742001/11/1950
Pennsylvania5569879742011/11/1950
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Erie Railroad609881742036/20/1949
Erie Railroad610882742046/2/1949
Georgia Railroad921883742056/2/1949
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe2290885742076/1/1949
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Chicago Great Western35897742267/16/1949
Chicago Great Western36898742277/9/1949
Chicago Great Western37899742287/7/1949
Chicago Great Western38900742297/7/1949
Chicago Great Western39901742307/5/1949
Chicago Great Western40902742317/5/1949
Chicago Great Western41903742327/6/1949
Western Railway Of Alabama6309047423311/1/1949
Lehigh Valley140905742346/28/1949
Lehigh Valley141906742356/28/1949
Atlanta & West Point676907745964/22/1949
Atlanta & West Point677908745974/23/1949
Lehigh Valley142909745986/28/1949
Lehigh Valley143910745996/29/1949
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Reading715912746017/15/1949
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Reading729926746157/13/1949
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Erie Railroad612928746177/25/1949
Erie Railroad613929746187/25/1949
Erie Railroad614930746197/26/1949
Erie Railroad615931746208/2/1949
Pennsylvania5571932746211/10/1950
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Pennsylvania5574935746241/13/1950
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Pennsylvania5576937746261/17/1950
Lehigh Valley144938746271/18/1950
Lehigh Valley145939746281/18/1950
Lehigh Valley146940746291/19/1950
Lehigh Valley147941746301/19/1950
Lehigh Valley148942746312/24/1950
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)19019437463210/31/1949
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)19029447463310/31/1949
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)19039457463410/31/1949
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road)19049467463510/31/1949
Pennsylvania5577947746361/17/1950
American Smelting & Refining Company102948746372/27/1950
Pennsylvania5551949746382/1/1950
Pennsylvania5552950746392/6/1950
Baldwin Locomotive Works100DF9517464012/23/1949
Pennsylvania5553952746412/2/1950
Pennsylvania5554953746422/3/1950
Pennsylvania5555954746432/1/1950
Pennsylvania5556955746442/1/1950
Pennsylvania5557956746452/1/1950
Patapsco & Back Rivers3429577464812/23/1949
Patapsco & Back Rivers3439587464912/27/1949
Patapsco & Back Rivers3449597465012/29/1949
Pennsylvania5558960746512/17/1950
Pennsylvania5559961746522/17/1950
Pennsylvania5560962746532/21/1950
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Pennsylvania9430981747095/15/1950
Pennsylvania9431982747105/18/1950
Pennsylvania9432983747115/18/1950
Pennsylvania9433984747125/25/1950
Pennsylvania9434985747135/25/1950
Pennsylvania5550986747593/2/1950
Seaboard Air Line1435987747602/15/1950
Seaboard Air Line1436988747612/15/1950
Seaboard Air Line1437989747622/15/1950
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9148990-3/24/1950
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico (MP)9149991-3/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9133992747653/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9134993747663/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9135994747673/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9136995747683/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9137996747693/24/1950
Missouri Pacific9138997747703/28/1950
Missouri Pacific9139998747714/3/1950
Missouri Pacific9140999747724/11/1950
Missouri Pacific91411000747734/13/1950
Central Railroad Of New Jersey10721001747744/28/1950
Central Railroad Of New Jersey10731002747754/28/1950
Central Railroad Of New Jersey10741003747764/28/1950
U.S. Army Corps Of EngineersL-41004-5/11/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3761005747787/14/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3771006747887/14/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3781007747897/14/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3791008747907/14/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3801009747917/14/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3811010747927/14/1950
Seaboard Air Line14381011747938/3/1950
Seaboard Air Line14391012747948/3/1950
Seaboard Air Line14401013747958/4/1950
Seaboard Air Line14411014747968/4/1950
Seaboard Air Line14421015747978/7/1950
Seaboard Air Line14431016747988/9/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3821017747998/23/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3831018748008/23/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3841019748818/25/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3851020748828/25/1950
Seaboard Air Line14441021748838/8/1950
Seaboard Air Line14451022748848/9/1950
Seaboard Air Line14461023748858/10/1950
Seaboard Air Line14471024748868/11/1950
Seaboard Air Line14481025748878/16/1950
Seaboard Air Line14491026748888/17/1950
Seaboard Air Line14501027748898/18/1950
Seaboard Air Line14511028748908/21/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3861029749378/28/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3871030749388/28/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3881031749398/30/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3891032749408/30/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3901033749418/31/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3911034749428/31/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3921035749439/22/1950
Baltimore & Ohio3931036749449/22/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39410377494510/5/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39510387494610/5/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39610397494710/6/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39710407494810/6/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39810417494910/13/1950
Baltimore & Ohio39910427495010/13/1950
Seaboard Air Line145210437509810/30/1950
Seaboard Air Line145310447509910/31/1950
Seaboard Air Line145410457510010/31/1950
Seaboard Air Line145510467510111/1/1950
Seaboard Air Line145610477510211/10/1950
Seaboard Air Line145710487510312/8/1950
Seaboard Air Line145810497510412/12/1950
Seaboard Air Line14591050751051/11/1951
Seaboard Air Line14601051751061/18/1951
Seaboard Air Line14611052751071/19/1951

Sources

  • Kirkland, John F. The Diesel Builders, Volume Three: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena: Interurban Press, 1994. (Primary source for production roster and specifications on this page.)
  • Foster, Gerald. A Field Guide to Trains. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1967.
  • Solomon, Brian. Baldwin Locomotives. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press, 2009.

Specifications and production roster compiled primarily from Kirkland; narrative updated August 2026.

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    2026 Maine Halloween trains. Seashore Pumpkin Patch Trolley through October 18, adult $17. Happy Trolleyween October 23–25 at $15. WW&F Pumpkin Pickin’ October 3, 12, 17, and 24. Downeast’s booking it…

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