Survey of Repowered Baldwin Diesel Locomotives

The purpose of this survey is to illustrate the scale and scope of
Baldwin diesel locomotive repowering, i.e. how many and what models

For this survey repowering is taken to mean:
- the Baldwin prime mover (diesel engine) was replaced by one of a different manufacturer
- at least the original Baldwin frame was retained

Some Baldwins were repowered with a later version Baldwin prime mover, those are not covered in this survey
- see Elgin, Joliet & Eastern VO1000s for example


Any help with this survey (errors, data, overlooked units, etc.) would be appreciated, see the Baldwin Diesel Zone Contact Info

VO660

railroad road number
before repowering		 road number
upon repowering		 new engine
type		 number of
cylinders		 version HP
rating		 date
repowered		 repowering
done by		 notes
C&NW 58 & 59 146 & 147 EMD 567 8 567C 900 1959 EMD EMD hood, ex. CStPM&O
C&NW 68 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1958 EMD EMD hood, ex. CStPM&O
C&NW 1237-1246 same EMD 567 8 567C 900 1957-59 EMD EMD hood
NC&StL 10(40) 69 EMD 567 12 567B 1200 1953 EMD became L&N 2169
SAL 1202 same EMD 567 12 ? 1200 1962 SAL became SAL 27
UM&P 51 same Alco 251 6 ? 900 1960 Alco Alco S-6 hood
UM&P 52 same EMD 567 8 ? 900 1957 EMD EMD hood

Examples
Alco hood
UMP 51
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
Upper Merion & Plymouth 51

VO660
c/n 62499, b/d 7/1941

- built for Upper Merion & Plymouth as #51
- repowered by Alco 1960, 900hp 6-251
- to Horwith Leasing, NDC Railroad #51
- scrapped 2007
 EMD hood
CNW 1241
photo by: Owen Leander - collection of Mark Laundry
Superior, WI - July 27, 1967
C&NW 1241

VO660
c/n 71520, b/d 6/1945

- built for CNW as #1241
- re-engined by EMD 12/58
- retired 2/17/81, sold to Precision National Corp.

more examples on this site:
  • C&NW 1239, 1241
  • UM&P 52


    VO1000

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    ATSF 2220 2450(1160)(1460) EMD 567 16 567BC 1500 1970 EMD known as the "Beep", GP7 style hood
    ACL 606-609,616,
    617,619,623    		 10-16,18 EMD 567 12 ? 1200 ? ACL became SCL 99-106, Baldwin hood
    C&NW 86 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1959 EMD ex. Litchfield & Madison 100
    C&NW 87, 88, 89 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1958-59 EMD ex. CStPM&O
    C&NW 1024, 1037-1047 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1956-60 EMD EMD hood
    NC&StL 32-34(52-54) 60-62 EMD 567 12 567B 1200 1951-53 EMD EMD hood, became L&N 2160-2162, to Cleancoal
    NP 111, 112, 119 402, 403, 404 EMD 567 8 567C 900 1959-60 NP
    NP 159 412 EMD 567 12 567B 1000 1957 NP
    P&BR 358,356,329(2nd)
    351,355    		 140,141,142
    146,147    		 EMD 567 12 ? ? ? P&BR see P&BR repowered roster
    Reading 81,80,74,73,75,
    55,78,56,59,58,
    57,71,88,89    		 2701-2714 EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1959 EMD - referred to as an SW1200M
    - all to Conrail as 9301-9314
    SLSF 200-206, 210. 215 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1957-59 EMD EMD hood, to US Navy
    SAL 1400-1402, 1413-1416 28-30, 37-40 EMD 567 12 ? 1200 1962-63 SAL Baldwin hood, to SCL
    SAL 1492 84 EMD 567 12 ? 1200 1964 SAL ex. Macon, Dublin & Savanna 1000, to SCL
    US Steel 800-803 133-130 EMD 567 12 ? ? ? USS Baldwin hood, US Steel Birmingham AL
    US Navy  see US Navy Roster and Photo Gallery for repowering info on US Navy units

    Examples:
    EMD hood
    RDG 2706
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Reading, PA - April 17, 1975
    Reading 2706

    VO1000
    c/n 71948, b/d 08/1944

    - built as Reading 55
    - repowered by EMD in 1959, renumbered 2706
    - became Conrail 9306
    		 Baldwin hood
    SCL 84
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Savannah, GA - Apr. 1, 1978
    SCL 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

    more examples on this site:
  • ATSF 1460
  • BSRR 332 ex. TCI&RR 801
  • CNW 1040, 1041 & 1043
  • Cleancoal 1000 & 1001
  • P&BR 140, 147
  • Reading 2702, 2711, 2713 & 2714
  • Conrail 9301, 9303 & 9310
  • SLSF 200, 202, 204, 205, 210, 215
  • SCL 99, 100, 103, 104 , 105 ,106 ex. ACL
  • SCL 29, 37, 40 ex. SAL


    DS4-4-660

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 1259 & 1261 same EMD 567 8 567C 900 1960 EMD

    Example:
    CNW 1261
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Council Bluffs, IA - 7/9/1961     		C&NW 1261

    DS4-4-660
    c/n 73903, b/d 3/1949

    - built for the CNW as #1261
    - repowered by EMD using EMD hood


    DS4-4-1000(NA)

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    CGS 21-26 same EMD 567 12 ? 1000 late 70s Morrison-Knudsen Baldwin hood
    MKT 1000-1010 22-32 EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1960 EMD EMD hood
    P&BR 360,361 144,145 EMD 567 12 ? ? ? P&BR see P&BR repowered roster

    Examples:
    EMD hood
    MKT 22
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Dennison, TX - Oct. 1985
    MKT 22

    DS4-4-1000(NA)
    c/n 72795, b/d 8/1946

    - built for the MKT as #1000     		Baldwin hood
    CGS 23
    photo by: Bob Wilt
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Orem, UT. - Sept. 1983
    CGS 23

    DS4-4-1000(NA)
    c/n 72853, b/d 12/1947

    - built for CGS as #23
    - EMD repowered 1979 by MK
    - to LTEX 2010

    more examples on this site:
  • CGS 21, 24
  • MKT 23, 24, 26-28, 30, 31
  • P&BR 145

    DS4-4-1000(SC)

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 99 same EMD 567 8 567C 900 1960 EMD ex. CStPM&O 99
    P&BR 343 143 EMD 567 12 ? ? ? P&BR see P&BR repowered roster

    Example:
    CNW 99
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    		 C&NW 99

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 74088, b/d 3/1949

    - built for C.St.P.M.&O. as #99
    - to CNW as #99
    - repowered by EMD, 8-567C, 1960


    S12

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 1120 same EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1960 EMD retained Baldwin hood
    C&NW 1076
    1106, 1108, 1109
    1118, 1119, 1121
    1126, 1127    		 same
    		 EMD 567 12 567C 1000 1964-66 C&NW Baldwin hoods retained

    1106, 1108, 1109 renumbered
    1077, 1078, 1079 in 1974
    MKT 1202 34 EMD 567 12 567C 1200 1959 EMD EMD hood
    US Steel 1200-1207 121-128 EMD 567 12 ? ? ? USS Baldwin hood, US Steel Birmingham AL

    Examples:
    EMD hood
    WATX 19 photo by: Eric Berger
    Coffeyville, KS - April 8, 2006
    Watco 19

    S12
    c/n 75505, b/d 10/51

    - built for MKT as #1202(34)
    - EMD repowered, 1200HP 12/59
    - to Watco as #19, 5/1989
    - was at Coffeyville, KS
    - reported scrapped in July 2008
    		 Baldwin hood
    USS 122
    photo by: Bill Folsom
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Apr. 1985
    USS 122

    S12
    c/n 75013, b/d 10/1950

    - build for TCI&RR as #1201
    - EMD repowered

    more examples on this site:
  • CNW 1106(1077), 1108(1078), 1121, 1126


    DRS4-4-1500

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    NYC 7300, 7301 same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1956 EMD Baldwin hood
    NP 175(500) same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1959 NP Baldwin hood
    NP 176(501) same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1966 NP Baldwin hood

    Example:
    NP 406
    photo by: Cliff W. West
    Auburn, WA - August 1970     		NP 501

    DRS4-4-1500
    c/n 73646, b/d 9/1948

    - built for the Northern Pacific as #176
    - renumbered 501
    - EMD repowered, 1966
    - to BN renumbered 406
    - to Simon (for scrap) 1972     		NYC 7300
    photo credit: Al Chione (dup)
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		NYC 7300

    DRS4-4-1500
    c/n 73479, b/d 7/48

    - built as NYC 8300 (7300)
    - EMD repowered, 1956
    - retired by 1967


    DRS6-4-1500

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 1504 same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1959 EMD
    Hobet 101 same Cummins ? ? ? 1998 Hobet this is more of a car mover than a locomotive

    Example:
    Baldwin long hood
    Hobet 101
    photos by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Hobet Mining 101

    DRS6-4-1500
    c/n 73494, b/d 3/1948

    - built as Norfolk Southern #1508
    - to Durham & Southern as #365,
    A1A trucks were replaced by B trucks
    - to Hobet Mining as #101
    - cab removed 1998, Cummins repowered     		EMD long hood
    CNW 1504
    photo by - Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    C&NW 1504

    DRS6-4-1500
    c/n 73478, b/d 7/1948

    - built for CNW as #1504
    - repowered by EMD 02/1959
    - retired Feb. 1981


    DRS6-6-1500

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 1500-1502 same EMD 567 16 567B 1500 1958 EMD EMD hoods
    C&NW 1505-1509 same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1959-60 EMD EMD hoods
    NP 177(525) same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1959 NP Baldwin hood
    Union 617 same EMD 567 12 567C 1200 1959 EMD EMD hoods
    Union 613-616, 618-624 same EMD 567 16 567D1 1500 1959-65 EMD EMD hoods
    US Steel 1501 162 EMD 567 16 ? ? ? USS ex. Tennessee Coal, Iron & RR became
    US Steel Fairfield Works, Birmingham AL

    Examples:
    EMD Long Hood
    CNW 1507
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Escanaba, MI - Oct. 28, 1978
    C&NW 1507

    DRS6-6-1500
    c/n 74279, b/d 8/1949

    - built for CNW as #1507
    - repowered by EMD, 1500hp 16-567C     		Baldwin Long Hood
    NP 525
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Thomas Hillebrant
    Pasco, WA - pre 1970
    NP 177(525)

    DRS6-6-1500
    c/n 73838, b/d 8/1948

    - built for the Northern Pacific as #177
    - renumbered 525
    - EMD repowered, 1959
    - to BN, renumbered 407
    - to Precision Engineering (for scrap) 1972

    more examples on this site:
  • C&NW 1505, 1506, 1509
  • Union RR 614, 616, 620, 622


    AS16

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    MKT 1571-1586, 1787 126-141, 124 EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1958-60 EMD see CNW/MKT Repowered AS16s roster
    NKP 320, 321 same Alco 251 16 251B 1800 1959 Alco Alco hood
    NKP 322, 323 same EMD 567 16 567C 1750 1959 EMD EMD hood

    Examples
    NKP 320 & 323
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Toledo, OH - July 11, 1964     		Nickel Plate 320

    AS16
    c/n 75943, b/d 11/1953

    - built as NKP 320
    - repowered by Alco (16-251) in 1959
    - became N&W 2320
    - renumbered 7900 in 1971     		Nickel Plate 323

    AS16
    c/n 76029, b/d 06/1954

    - built as NKP 323
    - repowered by EMD (16-567C) in 1959
    - became N&W 2323
    - renumbered 7903 in 1971

    more examples on this site:
  • C&NW 1486, 1487, 1497, 1498
  • MKT 127
  • NKP 323
  • N&W 7901 ex. NKP 321


    AS616

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    C&NW 1560, 1561, 1604 same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1962 EMD EMD hood
    NdeM 6809, 6814 same EMD 567 12 567C 1750 1957 EMD EMD hood
    US Steel 1502-1506 163-167 EMD 567 16 ? ? ? USS Baldwin hood, US Steel Birmingham AL

    Examples
    EMD long hood
    CNW 1560
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Marinette, WI - Aug. 28. 1972
    C&NW 1560

    AS616
    c/n 75333, b/d 1/1952

    - built for CNW as #1560
    - repowered by EMD 1962     		Baldwin long hood
    USS 167
    photo by: Bill Folsom
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    June 10, 1976
    USS 167

    AS616
    c/n 75170, b/d 5/1951

    - build for TCI&RR as #1506
    - EMD repowered

    more examples on this site:
  • C&NW 1561
  • USS 163, 166


    DT6-6-2000(SC)

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    EJ&E 103, 106, 109
    110, 112-116
    119-121, 124
    125    		 903, 906, 909
    910, 912-916
    919-921, 924
    925    		 EMD 567 (two) 12 567C 1000 1956-58 EJ&E - for roster of all EJ&E DT6-6-2000(SC)
    repowering, see the EJ&E Gallery

    Example:
    EJE 920
    photo by: Kim Piersol
    Griffith, IN - July 1, 1974
    		 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 120(920)

    DT6-6-2000(SC)
    c/n 73728, b/d 8/1948

    - built for EJ&E as #120
    - rebuilt as #920 by EMD with 567C engines

    more examples on this site:
  • EJ&E 909, 910, 912-914, 919


    DR4-4-1500 Babyface

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    NYC 3803 same EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1956 NYC A unit

    Example:
    NYC 3803
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Detroit, MI - July 5, 1962     		NYC 3803

    DR4-4-1500
    c/n 73679, b/d 10/48

    - built as NYC 3403
    - renumber 3803
    - EMD repowered, 16-567

    DR6-4-1500

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    NYC 3200-3203 3504-3507 EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1953-55 NYC A units
    NYC 3210-3211 3602-3603 EMD 567 16 567C 1500 1953-55 NYC B units

    Example:
    NYC 3506
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry         		NYC 3506

    DR6-4-1500
    c/n 73134, b/d 05/48

    - built as NYC 3202
    - renumbered 3506 in 1955
    - EMD repowered, 16-567C in 1955
    - retired 1960



    Alco Repowered Sharks

    RF16A

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    PRR 9632A, 9633 same Alco 251 12 251B 1800 1959 Alco A units

    DR4-4-1500B

    railroad road number
    before repowering    		 road number
    upon repowering    		 new engine
    type    		 number of
    cylinders    		 version HP
    rating    		 date
    repowered    		 repowering
    done by    		 notes
    PRR 9632B same Alco 251 12 251B 1800 1959 Alco B unit

    Example:
    PRR 9632
    Alco Photo
    - collection of John Mech         		- for details see Alco Re-Powered Sharks



    data sources:

  • Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years - Louis A. Marre, 1995
    see Bibliography reference [1]

  • Baldwin Diesels In Color 1, 2 & 3 - Jim Boyd, 2002
    see Bibliography reference [3], [4] & [5]

  • UtahRails.net: Chicago & North Western Railway - Roster of Diesel Locomotives, 1926-1995

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

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