Baldwin Locomotive Works - Plant Switchers

1 8-0E-660/1 E c/n 62000, b/d 10/1936

- Baldwin's first non-boxcab diesel locomotive - served as Baldwin Eddystone plant switcher #1 from 1941 to early 1950's - after the 1950 BLH merger moved to Hamilton, OH as plant switcher - see class 8-0E-660/1 E for detailed history

In Fred Westing's 1966 book "The Locomotives that Baldwin built", on page 178 he speaks of a "... Baldwin 70 ton, 600-hp, locomotive. It was powered by a Caterpilar diesel engine and equipped with a Mechydro hydraulic transmission for which Baldwin had obtained the American rights in Germany. As of present writing this locomotive is still in successful daily operation without benefit of design changes. It serves as a switcher at the Eddystone, Pa., manufacturing plant of what has become the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation." [9]

Baldwin publication DE-101 5-53

Not positively identified as the unit Mr Westing mentions, but the closest I can find in our collection. The publication dates to 1953, about the time #1 the first (see above) moved to Ohio, and it is letterd, "No. 1".

assumed to be a BLH photo - collection of Mark Laundry

2 BLH SH-4300 - 300hp Caterpilar diesel engine, hydraulic transmission - built Feb. 1956, no construction number (c/n), unsold - became Eddystone plant switcher #2 - repainted in 1962 with no road number, was then assigned c/n 76151 [6] - sold in 1972 when the Eddystone plant was sold off - sold first to the Park Corp., South Charleston, WV - resold to Bucyrus-Erie, Milwaukee, WI - exists at the Ironhorse Railroad Park, see: Iron Horse Central #2  - linked to "Railfan.net ABPR Archive" ; photo credit: Jeffrey Terry

at Eddystone plant with foundations of leveled buildings in background photo by: Unknown - collection of Mark Laundry

repainted, no roadnumber BLH logo on cab photo by: Unknown - collection of Mark Laundry

Baldwin Lococmotives Magazine, Feb. 1940

299 8-DE-660/1 E (pre-VO660) c/n 62299, b/d 4/1939

- first diesel locomotive to be built with the standard line car-body - served as Baldwin Eddystone plant switcher from 1939 to early 1950's - after the 1950 BLH merger moved to Lima, OH as plant switcher until 1966 - see class 8-DE-660/1 E for detailed history

photo by: Richard Caig - plate in his collection

Baldwin Lococmotives Magazine, Feb. 1940

Sorry, no photo yet

301 DS4-4-750 c/n 74813, b/d 7/1950 - built as Baldwin Eddystone Switcher 301 to replace #300 - served as Baldwin Eddystone plant switcher #301 from 1950 to 1956 - upgraded to 800hp and sold to Weyerhaeuser Timber as #301, 1956 - to SP as #1091 - to Texas South-Eastern as #301 - to R. J. Corman as #301