Welcome to The Baldwin Diesel Zone

The Baldwin Diesel Zone is a railfan website dedicated to Baldwin diesels. It was started by railfans sharing photos and facts about Baldwin diesels and continues in this spirit. You can read a little history of the beginning's of this website at the end of this page.

This website is run as a partnership by three railfans interested in all things concerning Baldwin diesels, past or present, found all around the world. Contact e-mail addresses can be found below.

Most importantly, the success of this website is due to generous contributions in the form of photos, sightings, rumors, questions, facts and figures made by the railfans noted in the list of contributors & collections below.

Contact Info
    Any and all photo contributions, comments, ideas, questions, etc. are welcome.
    We are interested to hear about Baldwin diesels, past or present, located all over the world.

    The best method to contact use and ensure we get your mail is to use the General Purpose Contact
    Address, and if you like, copy one of the partners listed below.

    General Purpose Contact Address
      e-mail baldwindiesels@yahoo.com

      Note: Yahoo! Mail sometimes puts legitimate mail in the "spam" bin so it goes un-noticed.
      This is especially true if the subject is blank or looks spam like (i.e. "hello" or "Hi").
      If you don't get a reply to your mail please try again.


    Please feel free to contact or copy any of the partners in the Baldwin Diesel Zone.

    East Coast Contact
      e-mail Tim Darnell
      Our man on the east coast, contact Tim for all things concerning
      Baldwins diesels, on or about, the eastern half of North America.

    West Coast Contact
      e-mail Jack Neville
      Our man on the west coast, contact Jack for all things concerning
      Baldwins diesels, on or about, the western half of North America.

    Baldwin Publications, Ads & Other Old Stuff
      e-mail Mark Laundry
      Baldwin diesel promotional material, publications, magazine advertisements etc.
      Also, errors and corrections needed on these web pages.

Photo Contributors
    The following people have generously contributed photos to this site:
      Tim Darnell Jack Neville Jim Pattillo
      Lon A. Coone John Komanesky Dick Glueck
      Robert A. Willis Stan Ulrich Larry Kuretich
      Ed Kaspriske Steve Hoskins Keith Ardinger
      Carl Farmer Olev Taremae John Stumreiter
      Peter Jobe George Landrock Dan Ruffner
      Al Tillotson Kevin A. Heggi Craig Levine
      FM Bill Christopher Robert Lambrecht
      Alan Miller John Rainey Andy Szabo
      John Mech Mark Jorgensen Sean Farren
      Tom Trencansky Pete Jensen Dave Kornfeld
      Mike Murray Doug Buell Bob Hanson
      Alex Rodriguez Hector Vazquez Lester Zmudzinski
      Don Ross Phil Duff Mike Carter
      Richard Louderback David Farlow Greg Borgwald
      Eddie Gross Ed Horm Roberto Yommi
      Ed Jarvis Vince Porreca Larry Bogert
      Larry Pursell Glenn Anderson Kim Piersol
      Kevin Kohls Tim McFeely Eric Berger
      Marc Malnekoff Gerry Putz Ken LeFevre
      Michael McILwaine Barry Maxfield David Hoge
      Mike Woodruff John Klemko Chuck Zeiler
      Matthew Imbrogno David Hutchinson Pedro Rezende
      Joao Bosco Setti John Powell Andy Inserra
      Dale W. Woodland Bill Lane Jim Selzer...courtesy of Bill Lang
      Chris Edmonds Craig Zeni Dan Dell'Unto
      Kermit Geary Marty Iftody Thomas Kautzor
      Cliff West John Bremner John Schumann
      Brian Hadley Guy Wilson Fred Dorffeld
      Charlie Tucker Ed Calvello Derick Sturke
      Bruce Butler Marc Pearsall Tim Lab
      Ryan Kertis Richard Caig Alan Partee
      John A. Joyce Alex Rodriguez Jean-Pierre Vergez

    The following people have generously contributed photos
    to our sister website, The Yardlimit, and are used on this site:
      Jeff Hartz Grant L. Ferguson
      Chuck Bohi CBWS
      Brian Nicholson Thomas Lawson, Jr.
      Juan Viladrosa John F. Bondura
      John C. Durant

Collections
    Advertising Tear Sheets - collection of Henry Rentschler, generously contributed to this site.
    Baldwin Magazine Articles - collection of Henry Rentschler, generously contributed for reproduction.
    Photos by John Petko & Louis A. Marre - collection of Tim Darnell.
    Original slides - collection of Mark Laundry.
    Norfolk Southern Railway photos - collection of Lon A. Coone.
    Magazine Advertisements - collection of Mark Laundry.
    Baldwin Promotional Material - collection of Mark Laundry.

All About The Baldwin Diesel Zone

by Mark Laundry

November 2003

Six months ago Tim Darnell shared with me some photos he had taken of Baldwin diesels at Bridgeport NJ. These photos represented a majority of the SMS/Penn Jersey Lines' roster and for a railfan who doesn't live in the area it was wonderful to see these rare units, especially since most are actually in service. Tim and I decided that surely these photos would be of interest to other railfans, and since there didn't seem to be a railfan website solely dedicated to Baldwin diesels we decided there should be one.

The site was started using material from our collections: Tim's photos, some original slides and later some Baldwin ads that I had started to acquire. We hoped that other on-line railfans would share, with us and other railfans who visit this site, some of their Baldwin material. We didn't need to wait too long before we received some amazing contributions. We would like to thank the people in the "Photo Contributors" list below for sharing their photos with us.

The great thing is that we have received Baldwin material from both the past and the present. For example, Stan Ulrich sent a photo of an ex. Navy VO1000 recently acquired by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum, we still don't know its history. Jack Neville and Ed Kaspriske have sent some amazing Baldwin photos from the past. That's not all, apart from photo contributions, Henry Rentschler has shared with us a slice of Baldwin history, maybe not known to many railfans, in the twenty "Replacement and Renewal Parts" magazine advertisements from his collection.

In the past six months, thanks to all these generous contributions, the site has turned out to be something far more interesting, to fans of Baldwin diesels and railfans in general, than Tim and I could have created on our own. We welcome, and are looking forward to, any and all contributions, comments, ideas, etc. that you think would be of interest.

Thanks again to all who have helped out.

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