Baldwin Locomotive Works

**Baldwin Locomotive Works** (abbreviated: **BLW**) was an American manufacturing company of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951, originally located in Philadelphia but moving to Eddystone, Pennsylvania, for a long time it was the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, after the success of diesel locomotives began in the demand for them, in 1951 it would produce its last of 70,000 locomotives before merging with Lima-Hamilton to make way for the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

### Switchers

|Model designation|Build year|Total produced|class="unsortable"|AAR wheel arrangement|Prime mover|Power output|class="unsortable"|Image|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|VO-660|1939–1946|142|B-B|6-VO|||||
|DS-4-4-660|1946–1949|139|B-B|606NA|||||
|DS-4-4-750|1949–1951|53|B-B|606NA|||||
|S-8|1950–1954|54 A units 9 B units|B-B|606|||||
|RS-4-TC|1953–1955|74|B-B|Caterpillar D397|||||
|VO-1000|1939–1946|548|B-B|8-VO|||||
|DS-4-4-1000|1946–1948|56|B-B|608NA|||||
|DS-4-4-1000|1948–1951|446|B-B|606SC|||||
|S-12|1951–1956|451|B-B|606A|||||

### Transfer units

|Model designation|Build year|Total produced|class="unsortable"|AAR wheel arrangement|Prime mover|Power output|class="unsortable"|Image|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|DT-6-6-2000|1946|1|C-C|608NA (×2)|||||
|DT-6-6-2000|1948–1950|45|C-C|606SC (×2)|||||
|RT-624|1951–1954|24|C-C|606A (×2)|||||

### Road switchers

|Model designation|Build year|Total produced|AAR wheel arrangement|Prime mover|Power output|class="unsortable"|Image|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|0-6-6-0 1000/1|1945|30 for USSR|C-C|8-VO||||
|DRS-6-4-660NA|1946–1948|100 for SNCF 6 for Morocco|A1A-A1A|606NA||||
|DRS-6-4-750|1949|1 for Morocco|A1A-A1A|606NA||||
|DRS-6-4-1000|1948–1949|20 for Algeria|A1A-A1A|606SC||||
|DRS-4-4-1000|1948–1950|9 (USA) 13 (Canada)|B-B|606SC||||
|RS-12|1951–1956|50|B-B|606A||||
|DRS-6-4-1500|1946–1952|91|A1A-A1A|608SC||||
|AS-416|1950–1955|25|A1A-A1A|608A||||
|DRS-4-4-1500|1947–1950|35|B-B|608SC||||
|AS-16|1950–1955|127|B-B|608A||||
|DRS-6-6-1500|1948–1950|83|C-C|608SC||||
|AS-616|1950–1954|214 A units 7 B units|C-C|608A||||

### Cab units

|Model designation|Build year|Total produced|AAR wheel arrangement|principal motor|Power output|class="unsortable"|Image|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4-8+8-4-750/8-DE|1943|1|2-D-D-2|408 (×8)||(only 4 of the 8 engines actually installed)||
|0-6-6-0 1000/1 DE|1945|30 for Soviet Railroads|C-C||1,000 hp (750 kW)|||
|DR-12-8-1500/2 "Centipede"|1945–1948|56|2-D-D-2|608SC (×2)||||
|DR-6-4-2000|1945|2|A1A-A1A|8-VO (×2)||||
|DR-6-4-2000|1946–1948|9|A1A-A1A|608NA (×2)||||
|DR-6-4-2000 "Sharknose"|1948|18 A units 9 B units|A1A-A1A|606SC (×2)||||
|DR-6-2-1000|1948|1|A1A-3|606SC (×1)||||
|DR-6-4-1500|1947–1948|7 A units 2 B units|A1A-A1A|608SC||||
|DR-4-4-1500 "Babyface"|1947–1948|22 A units 11 B units|B-B|608SC||||
|DR-4-4-1500 "Sharknose"|1949–1950|36 A units 36 B units|B-B|608SC||||
|RF-16 "Sharknose"|1950–1953|109 A units 51 B units|B-B|608A||||
|RF 615 E1|1953|51|Co-Co|Baldwin 608-A|1500 caballos de fuerza|||
|RP-210|1956–1957|3|B-2|12-Maybach||||

## Other websites

- Baldwin Locomotive Works builders cards held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
- Baldwin Locomotive Works Engineering Drawings held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
- Preserved Baldwin Steam Locomotives
- SteamLocomotive.com – a large amount of information on steam locomotives.
- Baldwin locomotives used in Finland
- Baldwin Locomotive Works collection (engine registers and order books) 1833–1956  Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

## Infobox (designation list)

- **embed**: yes
- **designation1**: Pennsylvania
- **designation1 offname**: Baldwin Locomotive Works
- **designation1 type**: Roadside
- **designation1 criteria**: Business & Industry, Railroads
- **designation1 date**: September 26, 2009


## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Baldwin Locomotive Works
- **image**: Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania (1875) (14572150369).jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **image caption**: Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1875
- **industry**: Railway
- **fate**: Merged with Lima-Hamilton Corporation in September 1951.
- **successor**: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
- **foundation**: Philadelphia, U.S. (1825)
- **founder**: Matthias W. Baldwin
- **defunct**: 1951
- **location**: Eddystone, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **products**: Locomotives