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The BLH AS-16 was a diesel-electric locomotive rated at 1,625 hp (1,212 kW), that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement. It was the successor to Baldwin's DRS-4-4-1500 model, and remained in production until Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton quit the locomotive manufacturing business in 1956.

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Baldwin AS-16

PRSL AS-16 at Haddonfield station in September 1965

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Baldwin-Lima-Hamiton Corporation
Model	AS-16
Build date	May 1951–February 1956
Total produced	127

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Trucks	AAR Type B
Length:
• Over couplers	58’
Prime mover	608A
Aspiration	Turbocharger Elliott Company H704 (125 hp)
Generator	Westinghouse 471B
Traction motors	Westinghouse 370DL (4)
Gear ratio	15:63, 15:68 (optional) 17:62 (passenger)
Couplers	AAR Type E knuckle

Performance figures
Power output	1,625 hp (1,212 kW) (marketed as 1,600 hp)

Career
Locale	North America
Disposition	All scrapped.

Nine railroads bought 127 locomotives, with five railroads having bought the previous model. None have survived into preservation.

Original buyers

Railroad	Quantity	Road Numbers	Notes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	16	890–905	Renumbered 6200–6215; renumbered 2241–2239
Erie Railroad	16	1106–1120, 1140
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	18	1571–1586, 1787–1788	Renumbered
Missouri Pacific Railroad (International-Great Northern Railroad)	2	4195–4196
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway)	6	4326–4331
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road")	4	320–323
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	16	6007–6016, 6022–6027	6022–6027 were a cancelled order by the Reading Co., The 6 were built in 1953 with dynamic brakes and conventional mu (as opposed to BLW's air-controlled design). In 1956 the P-RSL acquired the units and had the dynamic brakes removed, BLW air-controlled mu installed, only №'s 6024 to 6027 had steam boilers installed.
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line")	2	379–380
Reading Company	43	530–554, 560–563, 576–589
Western Maryland Railway	4	173–176
Total	127

Usage

The AS-16 was designed as an all-around useful locomotive, capable of freight or passenger service. The engine had optional benefits such as a steam generator or dynamic brakes. The AAR Type B truck warranted higher speed than its siblings, the AS-416 and AS-616, with their three axle trucks.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baldwin AS-16 locomotives.

Kirkland, John F. (1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.

v t e Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Early units	Experimental units Baldwin pre-production switchers 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE
Switchers	VO-660 RS-4-TC DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12
Road switchers	DRS-4-4-1000 RS-12 DRS-4-4-1500 AS-16 DRS-6-4-1500 AS-416 DRS-6-6-1500 AS-616
Transfer units	DT-6-6-2000 RT-624
Cab units	DR-12-8-1500/2 DR-6 series DR-4-4-15 RF-16 RP-210
Export units	Soviet Railways ДБ20 DRS-6-4-660 DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 RF-615E
(See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives)

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