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


Additions to the BDZ Postcard Collection - part 1 of 2
  • see the Postcard Collection Page for more details on the units(s) in the cards

    sal1415 sal1415 calwest55 calwest55
    mkt126 mkt126 ns1612 ns1612
    rayonier76 rayonier76 trona54 trona54
    mns21 mns21 eje910 eje910

    Survey of Switchers from the BDZ Collection

    VO660 - 660hp 1940-1946
    		 VO1000 - 1000hp 1939-1946
    IMM 1953
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Avalos Mill, MX - Feb. 28, 1970     		ASARCO 1953

    VO660
    c/n 72816, b/d 11/1945

    - purchased new as #1953

    		 MVT 5057
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Mount Vernon, WA
    - Aug. 6, 1994     		Mount Vernon Terminal 505

    VO1000
    c/n 70290, b/d 12/44

    - built for the US Navy as #11, Bremerton, WA
    - renumbered 65-00060(1st)
    - to Mount Vernon Terminal Railway as #505


    DS4-4-660 - 660hp 1946-1949
    		 DS4-4-1000(NA) - 1000hp 1946-1948
    PRR 5965
    Baldwin photo
    Operator's Manual DS-107
    - BDZ collection         		Pennsylvania 5965

    DS4-4-660
    c/n 73626, b/d 4/1948

    - built for the PRR as #5965
    		 CGS 25
    photo credit: Arthur B. Johnson
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Provo, UT - June 24, 1964     		Columbia Geneva Steel 25

    DS4-4-1000(NA)
    c/n 72855, b/d 12/1947

    - built for CGS as #25


    DS4-4-750 - 750hp 1949-1951
    		 DS4-4-1000(SC) - 1000hp 1948-1951
    Erie 386
    Baldwin photo 13884-1
    - BDZ collection         		Erie 386

    DS4-4-750
    c/n 74430, b/d 8/1949

    - built for the Erie as #386
    - became EL 386     		Erie 609
    Baldwin photo 13843
    - BDZ collection         		Erie 609

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 74203, b/d 6/1949

    - built for the Erie as #609
    - became EL 609
    - to McHugh Bros. as New Hope & Ivyland 309


    S8 - 800hp 1951-1954
    		 S12 - 1200hp 1950-1956
    USPF 36
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Birmingham, AL - Aug. 24, 1969     		U.S. Pipe and Foundry 36

    S8
    c/n 75523, b/d 03/1952

    - built for Sloss-Sheffield as #36
    		 MKT 1210
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    St. Louis, MO - Feb. 25, 1961     		Missouri-Kansas-Texas 1210

    S12
    c/n 75513, b/d 12/1951

    - built for MKT as #1210
    - renumbered as MKT 42



    Feature Article: Story and Photos by Rich Frey

    ONW Finale

        The last northbound full train on the Oregon
    Northwestern from March 1, 1984.The following
    week on March 6, a caboose hop was run to Seneca to
    collect the remaining equipment there including the
    cars shown on this northbound run.

    Story and Photos by Rich Frey

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    Seaboard (SAL & SCL) from the BDZ Collection

    VO1000

    SCL 84
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Savannah, GA - Apr. 1, 1978     		Seaboard Coast Line 84

    VO1000
    c/n 64275, b/d 02/1942

    - built for Macon, Dublin & Savanna as #1000
    - became SAL as #1492
    - EMD repowered, 1964
    - became SCL #84     		SCL 85
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Seaboard Coast Line 85

    VO1000
    c/n 69778, b/d 11/43

    - built as CB&Q #9350
    - to ACL, became SCL 85
    - at Lemac (V-TRAN RR #11) by 1980

    SCL 106
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Seaboard Coast Line 106

    VO1000
    c/n 70158 b/d, 3/1944

    - built for ACL as #623, renumbered 18
    - became SCL #106
    		 SAL 1416
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 Seaboard Air Line 1416

    VO1000
    c/n 71982 b/d, 1/1945

    - built for SAL as #1416
    - EMD repowered, 1962
    - became SCL #40
    - to US Navy as 65-00060 (2nd),
    last report still in service

    S12

    SCL 203
    photo by: Arthur J. Deeks, Jr.
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wildwood FL. - July 21, 1981     		Lemac 203

    S12
    c/n 75142 b/d 1/1952

    - built for SAL as #1462
    - became SCL as #203
    - to Lemac by 1980     		SCL 218
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Seaboard Coast Line 218

    S12
    c/n 75760 b/d 1/1953

    - built for SAL as #1477
    - became SCL #218
    - to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
    - leased to Neosho Constuction as #6491


    RS12

    SCL 210
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Seaboard Coast Line 210

    RS12

    c/n 75478, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1469
    - became SCL #210
    - to OC&E as #7910
    - to E&LS as #210, Dec. 1984     		Seaboard Air Line 1473
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 Seaboard Air Line 1473

    RS12

    c/n 75766, b/d 1/53

    - built for SAL as #1473
    - became SCL #214
    - to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
    - leased to Neosho Constuction as #6494, 1979
    - to E&LS as #214, 1983

    Missouri Pacific from the BDZ Collection

    MP 9137
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Omaha, NE
    		Missouri Pacific 9137

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 74769, b/d 3/1950

    - built as Missouri Pacific #9137
    - remumbered MP 1078

    MP 940
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Springfield, MO - May 27, 1970
    		Missouri Pacific 940

    AS16
    c/n 76009, b/d 7/1954

    - built as StLB&M (MP subsidiary) #4331
    - renumbered MP 946, then 940
    - to US Pipe & Foundry as #45

    Additions to the Slug Roster Page

    DMIR 500
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Proctor, MI - July 23, 1990     		Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 500

    VO1000
    c/n 70141, b/d 2/1944

    - build for Northern Pacific as #121(406)
    - rebuilt as slug ET-3 by NP, 2/1965
    - to DMIR as #500 in 1988, retired '91, scrapped '93

    Wm 138t
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 Western Maryland 139-T

    - built as a slug by WM using a surplus S12 frame, 3/1955

    - the c/n has been listed as 76018 which was a cancelled order for an S12 from the Monongahela to be #427

    Part 3 of 3:
    VO1000s from the BDZ Collection
    orderd by construction number

    GN 142
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Great Northern 142

    VO1000
    c/n 71945, b/d 9/1944

    - built for the Great Northern as #142
    - frame used to build GN caboose X-177, 1964

    EJE 481
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 481

    VO1000
    c/n 71954, b/d 9/1944

    - built for EJ&E as #481
    - rebuilt with 606SC engine from the DT-6-6-2000 rebuild program

    CNW 1040
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Chicago & North Western 1040

    VO1000
    c/n 72010, b/d 5/1945

    - built for CNW as #1040
    - repowered by EMD, 1000hp 12-567C

    MP 9119
    Missouri Pacific PR card
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Missouri Pacific 9119

    VO1000
    c/n 72026, b/d 7/1945

    - built for the Missouri Pacific as #9119
    - renumbered 1065

    Escanaba & Lake Superior thanks to Joe Seidl

    E&LS 1205
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - March 11, 1983     		Escanaba & Lake Superior 1205

    RF16
    c/n 75361, b/d 12/1951

    - to E&LS in 1979
    - in 1988 moved to indoor storage at the E&LS shops in Wells, MI.
    - follow the complete history below

    E&LS 1216
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - April 27, 1982     		Escanaba & Lake Superior 1216

    RF16
    c/n 75372, b/d 1/1952

    - to E&LS in 1979
    - operated in 1979 & 1982
    - in 1988 moved to indoor storage at the E&LS shops in Wells, MI.
    - follow the complete history below

    1205 & 1216 History:

    - built for the NYC as 3805 & 3816, renumbered 1205 & 1216 in 1966, traded to GE
    - resold by GE to the Monongahela in 1967, retired in 1970, sold for scrap
    - resold to the Delaware & Hudson in 1974
    - sold to John Kunzie / Castolite Corp. in 1978 and kept at the E&LS
    - leased to the Michigan Northern. See the Michigan Northern Gallery Page for a more detailed history
    - to the E&LS, 1216 operated in 1979 & 1982. Both currently stored indoors at Wells, MI.

    data source: bibliography [3], [4] & [5]


    E&LS 100
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - July 4, 1972
    		 Escanaba & Lake Superior 100

    VO1000
    c/n 72227, b/d 6/46

    - built for the Escanaba & Lake Superior as #100
    - scrapped 1974

    Part 2 of 3
    VO1000s from the BDZ Collection
    orderd by construction number

    LV 135 Lehigh Valley 135

    VO1000
    c/n 70843, b/d 4/1944

    - built for the LV as #135
    - gone by 1969
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Toledo, OH - 5/1/1969

    CB&Q 9365
    photo credit: Arthur B. Johnson
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    St. Jo, MO - Oct. 8, 1960     		Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9365

    VO1000
    c/n 70306, b/d 12/1944

    - built for CB&Q as #9365

    NYC 8604
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    1948     		New York Central 8604

    VO1000
    c/n 70301, b/d 10/1944

    - built as NYC 8604
    - renumbered 9304, 1952
    - retired by 1966

    CNJ 1062
    photo by: Martin S. Zak
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Central Railroad of New Jersey 1062

    VO1000
    c/n 70176, b/d 04/1944

    - built for CNJ as #1062
    - gone by 1971

    Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF) photos from Sebastien Kieffer

    SNCF 62057 SNCF 62057

    DRS6-4-660
    c/n 73172, b/d 4/1947

    - built for the French Supply Council as #040-DA-57
    - became SNCF 62057
    photo by: Sebastien Kieffer
    Hausbergen - circa 1980s

    - new photo gallery


    SNCF 62092 Wreak

    Photos from:
    Sebastien Kieffer
    CFTR 62029


    SNCF 62092

    DRS6-4-660
    c/n 73207, b/d 9/1947

    - built for the French Supply Council as #040-DA-92
    - became SNCF 62092

    Chemin de Fer Touristique du Rhin (CFTR) 62029 photos from Sebastien Kieffer

    - new photo gallery


    Painting CFTR 62029
    photos from 2002 - 2018

    Photos from:
    Sebastien Kieffer
    CFTR 62029


    CFTR 62029

    DRS6-4-660

    c/n 72926, b/d 12/1946

    - built for the French Supply Council as #040-DA-29
    - became SNCF 62029
    - to CFTR in 1983

    LIRR 403 from the Jim Gillin collection

    LIRR 403
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Jim Gillin
    Morris Park
    		 Long Island Rail Road 403

    VO660
    c/n 71578, b/d 10/1945

    - built for the LIRR as #403
    photo courtesy of Steven Lynch's Long Island Rail Road Archive

    RS-4-TCs from Eric Berger

    CPCC 54
    photo by: Eric Berger
    Tulsa, OK - 2019     		Central Plains Cement Company 54

    RS-4-TC

    - served with the US Army as #1254
    - to Lafarge Tulsa cement plant

    Hocking 4005
    photos by: Eric Berger
    2019     		Hocking Valley Scenic Railway 4005

    RS-4-TC

    - served with the USAF
    - to Hocking Valley in 1996     		Hocking 4005

    Part 1 of 3
    VO1000s from the BDZ Collection
    orderd by construction number

    MILW 1686
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Milwaukee Road 1686

    VO1000
    c/n 70142, b/d 02/1944

    - built as MILW #1686
    - renumbered 934

    RDG 77
    photo by: R. S. Short
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wayne Jct., Phila - 08/1961     		Reading 77

    VO1000
    c/n 70135, b/d 01/1944

    - built as Reading 77
    - not known to be repowered
    - to EMD 1963

    MILW 1682
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		Milwaukee Road 1682

    VO1000
    c/n 64434, b/d 11/1942

    - built as MILW #1682
    - renumbered 930

    GRR 1002
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 Georgetown RR 1002

    VO1000
    c/n 64414, b/d 8/1942

    - built for US War Dept. as #7455
    - to Baron Iron & Metal Co.
    - to Georgetown RR as #1002, 1962

    The copyrights for all photos are assumed to rest with the photographers.

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