Newly Contributed Photos

The following photos have been generously contributed over the past six months or so.
Check the What's New Page for a summary of all updates to this site over the past year.

Any and all photo contributions are welcome. Contact Info

indicates an existing unit on either the Roster of Existing Baldwin Diesels, the RS-4-TC Roster or the WEMCo Roster



Chesapeake & Ohio AS616 #5536 & 2218

C&O 5536
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry

Cheviot, OH - 8/21/65
Chesapeake & Ohio 5536

AS616
c/n 74920, b/d 11/1950

- built for C&O as #5536(2204)

C&O 2218
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
Chesapeake & Ohio 2218

AS616
c/n 75174, b/d 08/1951

- built for C&O as #5554(2218)


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Columbia Geneva Steel # 36(1st) & 37(1st) - ex. Carbon County Railway # 262.1 & 262.2

CGS 36(1st)
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry

Geneva, UT. - 4/16/71
Columbia Geneva Steel 36(1st)

VO1000
c/n 69773, b/d 11/1943

- built as Carbon County #262.1
- to CGS, 1958
- rebuilt as slug #80 by CGS, 1973

CGS 37(1st)
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry

Geneva, UT. - 9/29/70
Columbia Geneva Steel 37(1st)

VO1000
c/n 69774, b/d 11/1943

- built as Carbon County #262.2
- to CGS, 1958
- rebuilt as slug #81 by CGS, 1973


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SMS 554 rebuild - from Tim Darnell

SMS 554 554 rebuild as of Dec. 12, 2024
- rust found inside the short hood which needs addressing
photo by: Tim Darnell
SMS Shops - Dec. 12, 2024

For more SMS 554 rebuild photo see: SMS Photo gallery


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MILW Side Radiator VO1000 - from the BDZ collection

MILW 928
Blackhawk Films slide
(Fred Byerly collection)

- collection of Mark Laundry
Minneapolis, MN - July 28, 1965
MILW 928

VO1000
c/n 62406, b/d 10/1940

- built for MILW as #1680
- renumbered 928

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Weyerhaeuser 101 & 105 from Richard Adams

Weyerhaeuser 101 Weyerhaeuser 101 Weyerhaeuser 101
Photos by:Richard Adams
Sycan, OR - 6/13/1978

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MN&S VO1000 - from the BDZ collection

MN&S 12
Blackhawk Films slide
(Fred Byerly collection)

- collection of Mark Laundry
MN&S - May 12, 1968
MN&S 12

VO1000
c/n 71955, b/d 9/1944

- built for EJ&E as #482
- sold to MN&S, 12/1954
- scrapped 11/1968

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VO1000s - from the BDZ collection

EJE 484
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
EJ&E 484

VO1000
c/n 70304, b/d 11/1944

- built for EJ&E as #484
- to Industrial Maintenance Service, 12/74

WM 129
photo credit: L. W. Rice
- collection of Mark Laundry

Hillen St. Station, Baltimore MD
3/16/1947
Western Maryland 129

VO1000
c/n 69661, b/d 09/1943

- built for the Western Maryland as #129
- to Striegel, 1968

MILW 939
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
Milwaukee Road 939

VO1000
c/n 72047, b/d 9/1945

- built for MILW as #1691
- powered by the last VO engine built, engine serial #3216
- renumbered 939
- renumbered 908(2nd)

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Another view of US Army VO1000 #4648 thanks to Richard L. Patton

US Army 4648
photo by: Richard L. Patton
Winslow, AZ - July 31, 2024
US Army 4648

VO1000
c/n 64261, b/d 12/1941

- built for Frisco as #203, repowered by EMD, 1957
- to Chrome Crankshaft
- to USN as 65-00370(2nd), Naval Ammo Depot, Concord, CA
- to US Army, Concord, CA
- to Oklahoma Railway Museum (OKRX), 2024

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Laclede Steel #1 hood & prime mover at SMS thanks to Tim Darnell

Laclede Steel 1
photo by: Tim Darnell
SMS Shops - Sept. 07, 2024
Laclede Steel 1

S12
c/n 75283, b/d 8/1951

- built for US Steel as GE-3
- to Laclede Steel as #1
- rebuilt by the McHugh Bros.
- reported to have gone to Allied scrap
- hood & prime mover ended up at SMS

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Reading Part 2 thanks to Richard Adams - Roadswitchers

RDG 541
photo by: Richard Adams
Shamokin, PA - 10/25/1959
Reading 541

AS16
c/n 75322, b/d 11/1951

- built as Reading 541

RDG 552
photo by: Richard Adams
Coatsville, PA - 1/1/1960
Reading 552

AS16
c/n 75927, b/d 10/1953

- built as Reading 552

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Reading Part 1 thanks to Richard Adams - Switchers

RDG 27
photo by: Richard Adams
Coatsville, PA - 1/1/1960

Reading 27

DS4-4-1000(NA)
c/n 72842, b/d 05/1947

- built as Reading 27
- to P&BR as #359

RDG 39
photo by: Richard Adams
Coatsville, PA - 1/1/1960
Reading 39

DS4-4-1000(NA)
c/n 72802, b/d 08/1946

- built as Reading 39

RDG 716
photo by: Richard Adams
Coatsville, PA - 1/1/1960
Reading 716

DS4-4-1000(SC)
c/n 74602, b/d 07/1949

- built as Reading 716

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US Army 4648 thanks to Richard L. Patton

US Army 4648
photo by: Richard L. Patton
Winslow, AZ - July 31, 2024
US Army 4648

VO1000
c/n 64261, b/d 12/1941

- built for Frisco as #203, repowered by EMD, 1957
- to Chrome Crankshaft
- to USN as 65-00370(2nd), Naval Ammo Depot, Concord, CA
- to US Army, Concord, CA
- to Oklahoma Railway Museum (OKRX), 2024

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SMS 554 Rebuild from Tim Darnell

SMS 554
photos by: Tim Darnell
SMS Shops - Sept. 07, 2024
SMS 554 SMS 554

AS616
c/n 75357 - b/d 6/1952

- built for Kaiser Steel as #1012B
- renumbered 1028 for the Kaiser Eagle Mountain RR
- to Rayonier as #14 in 1973
- to Trona as #54 in 1985
- to Johnston Terminals as #54 in 1992
- acquired by SMS as # 554 in 1995

For more SMS 554 rebuild photo see:SMS Photo gallery

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Postcard: Norfolk Southern 1616

NS 1616 Norfolk Southern 1616

AS416
c/n 76112, b/d 12/1955

- built for Norfolk Southern as #1616
- built with General Electric main generator & traction motors
- to Peabody Coal in 1975
- currently at the North Carolina Transportation Museum
NS 1616


Postcard: Western Maryland 175

WM 175 Western Maryland 175

AS16
c/n 74901, b/d 06/1951

- built for Western Maryland as #175
- traded to EMD, 1969
WM 175

For more Postcards see the BDZ Postcard Collection

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More Sharks from Richard Adams

PRR 9586
photo by: Richard Adams
Greenwich Yd. Philadelphia, PA
1/1/1960
Pennsylvania Railroad 9586

DR4-4-1500A
c/n 74163, b/d 6/1949

- built for the PRR as #9586-A

PRR 9729
photo by: Richard Adams
Coalport Yard, Trenton, NJ
Pennsylvania Railroad 9729

RF16A
c/n 74992, b/d 2/1951

- built for the PRR as #2023-A

PRR 2023
photo by: Richard Adams
Cove, PA - 1965
Pennsylvania Railroad 2023

RF16A
c/n 75381, b/d 4/1952

- built for the PRR as #2023-A

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Sharks from Richard Adams

E&LS 1216
photo by: Richard Adams
Wells, MI - 5/26/1982
Escanaba & Lake Superior 1216

RF16A
c/n 75372, b/d 1/1952

- to E&LS in 1979
- see the Escanaba & Lake Superior page for complete history

NYC 1209
photo by: Richard Adams
Brownsville, PA - 6/8/1968
New York Central 1209

RF16A
c/n 75365, b/d 12/1951

- built as NYC #3809(1209)
- traded to GE, resold to Monongahela as #1209

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NdeM SLP-1

NdeM SLP-1
photo by: Burdell L. Bulgrin
- collection of Mark Laundry

San Luis Potosi - 2/1962
NdeM SLP-1 (6821)

SLP-1

- built July 1962 by NdeM with parts from wrecked AS616s as SLP-1
- renumbered 6821

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Monongahela Sharks

Monongahela 1205
photo by: Roy Amberger
- collection of Mark Laundry

Brownsville, PA - 10/8/1972
Monongahela 1205

RF16A
c/n 75361, b/d 12/1951

- acquired from GE in 1967
- sold to locomotive/scrap metal dealer D.J Joseph, 1974
- for the complete history see the Monongahela gallery page

Monongahela 1216
photo by: Roy Amberger
- collection of Mark Laundry

Brownsville, PA - 10/8/1972
Monongahela 1216

RF16A
c/n 75372, b/d 1/1952

- acquired from GE in 1967
- sold to locomotive/scrap metal dealer D.J Joseph, 1974
- for the complete history see the Monongahela gallery page

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A Pair of Sharks

B&O 4204
Blackhawk Films slide
(Fred Byerly collection)
- collection of Mark Laundry

Glenwood, PA - 1963
B&O 4204

RF16A
c/n 74803, b/d 11/1950

- built as B&O 853
- renumbered 4204

E&LS 1205
photo by: J. M. Seidl
- collection of Mark Laundry

Wells, MI - March 11, 1983
Escanaba & Lake Superior 1205

RF16A
c/n 75361, b/d 12/1951

- to E&LS in 1979
- see the Escanaba & Lake Superior page for complete history

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