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Baldwin AS-416
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1951· model of 25 American diesel-electric locomotives
_Baldwin_Road_Switcher_AS-416_1616_at_Chesapeake%2C_VA_in_old_paint_scheme_in_October_1968_(25922832500).jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Norfolk Southern (the original NS) Baldwin Road Switcher AS-416 1616 at Chesapeake, VA in old paint scheme in October 1968 (25922832500): railfan 44· Public domain
- 2. Norfolk Southern Baldwin AS-416 No. 1616 - July 2012: NOYB #1· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The BLH AS-416 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,625 hp (1,212 kW), that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the AS-16, though the wheel arrangement spread out the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines. It was introduced in 1950 as a replacement of the DRS-6-4-1500 and remained in BLH's catalog until their cessation of locomotive manufacture in 1956.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1955
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Columbus and Greenville Railway, Savannah and Atlanta Railway, Société nationale des transports ferroviaires, Norfolk Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4850521, Wikipedia: Baldwin AS-416 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.