Baldwin RS-12

The BLH RS-12 railroad locomotive was a 1,200 hp (895 kW) diesel-electric road-switcher configured with an AAR type B-B wheel arrangement. It was the follow-on model to the former Baldwin DRS-4-4-1000, first introduced in 1948. It was more successful than its predecessor selling 50 units to eight railroads, versus 22 units to three railroads. Only one railroad, The Pennsylvania Railroad bought both models.
When Baldwin Locomotive Works merged with Lima-Hamilton Corporation, forming the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation and decided to concentrate locomotive production at Baldwin's Eddystone, Pennsylvania plant. There was still one outstanding order for Lima A-3174s but the customer, New York Central Railroad agreed to receive RS-12s instead.
The locomotive could be ordered with either a steam generator for steam heat, or dynamic brakes contained within the short hood. McCloud River Railroad No. 32 and 33 were the only two ordered with dynamic brakes of the fifty units built. One RS-12 is preserved in operational condition in the "Skunk Train" livery of California Western 56 (Locomotive) at Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park; another #300 is owned by and occasionally used on the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad, with others owned by the same railroad held in non-operational condition.
Escanaba and Lake Superior 207 was leased to the Nicolet Badger Northern Railroad for a short time in the 1990s and was later returned to the Escanaba and Lake Superior where it now remains in storage in Wells, Michigan.
Escanaba and Lake Superior 209 was used for ballast and general freight until the late 1980s when it was put in storage.
Escanaba and Lake Superior 212 started to be rebuilt in the 1980s but the rebuilt was never completed. It remains in storage along with other E&LS Baldwins at Wells, Michigan.
==Original buyers==
Railroad 	Quantity	Road Numbers	Notes
Central Railroad of New Jersey 	 	 	
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road")	 	 	Renumbered 926–927
Durham and Southern Railway 	 	 	
Kaiser Bauxite Company 	 	 	104 last RS-12 built
McCloud River Railroad 	 	 	to California Western 55– 56
New York Central Railroad 	 	 	Equipped with steam generators, Renumbered 6220–6236. to Penn Central #8067-8083 in 1968
Pennsylvania Railroad 	 	 	to Penn Central #8084-8091 in 1968
Seaboard Air Line Railroad 	 	 	to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 207–216
Total 	50 	 	
== Gallery==
File:Central of New Jersey 1208 (RS12) at the Elizabeth, NJ Shops on November 8, 1969 (22340974338).jpg
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File:CNJ Baldwin Road Switcher RS12 1208 at Elizabethport, NJ on Novemebr 8, 1969 (25943948742).jpg
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