Oliver Iron Mines purchased all its Baldwins new, see the roster below.
When the mines shut down the Baldwins were sent to other US Steel
facilities among them the Fairless Works and the Duluth Works.

VO1000

Baldwin built OIM 907, 908 & 909 with a special long frame to accommodate a
separate diesel engine / air compressor set to activate air powered side dump cars.

907
OIM 907 		908
OIM 908
photos by: Roger Bee - collection of Mark Laundry
W. Duluth, MN. - Aug 11 1978


DS4-4-1000(SC)

929
OIM 929 		931
OIM 931
engine installed in USS #7 8/81 engine installed in USS #7 3/83
photos by: John Petko - collection of Tim Darnell
Both to USS Fairless 7/80 for parts



S8 Cow and Calf

OIM was the sole customer for Baldwin cow/calves. An addition set was build
by Baldwin and painted as OIM #1216A&B but the formal order from OIM
never materialized. The cow went to Armco Steel as #1201 and a cab was
added to the calf and it was sold to USP&F as #37.

1201A & 1200B
OIM 1201A & 1200B photo by: Owen Leander -
collection of Mark Laundry
Virginia, Minn. - July 27, 1969

1202A & 1202B
OIM 1202A & 1202B photo by: Owen Leander -
collection of Mark Laundry
Virginia, Minn. - June 4, 1971 		1202A & 1202B
OIM 1202A & 1202B photo by: John Petko -
collection of Tim Darnell
USS Fairless Works

1203A & 1203B
OIM 1203A & 1203B
Baldwin photo - collection of Kevin Kohls

1204A & 1204B
OIM 1204A & 1204B photo by: Paul Hunnell -
collection of Mark Laundry
Virginia, Minn. - May 20, 1973

1206A
OIM 1206A photo : Ed Kanak -
collection of Mark Laundry
Virginia, Minn. - June 17, 1972 		1206B
OIM 1206B photo by: J. M. Seidl -
collection of Mark Laundry
Virginia, Minn. - Apr. 21, 1979

1214B
OIM 1214B photo by: David Hepper -
collection of Tim Darnell
Aug 16, 1975



USS Fairless Works Scrapline

"US Steel acquired 5 S8 cows and 6 S8 calves back in 1980 plus some other ex-Oliver Mining switchers.
Some were used for parts, some saw service. My shots were taken in 1983 when they were scrapping most
of the FM's and Baldwins. I was able to get shots of the scrapline with a 400mm and 200mm lens (as security
was VERY tight there) from a public road."

USS scrapline USS scrapline USS scrapline
photo by: Tim Darnell


Purchased new from Baldwin
road number model construction numberdate
907VO1000624197/40
908-909VO100062420-624218/40
910-911VO100064276-642773/42
912-913VO100064278-642794/42
914-915VO100064408-644097/42
918VO1000647464/43
919VO1000677125/43
922VO1000677216/43
923-925VO100067734-677368/43
928-930DS4-4-1000(SC)74188-741906/49
931-932DS4-4-1000(SC)74191-741927/49
933S12750536/51
1200A-1201AS8 cow75243-752447/51
1202A-1203AS8 cow75245-752468/51
1200B-1201BS8 calf75247-752487/51
1202B-1203BS8 calf75249-752508/51
1204AS8 cow7548810/51
1205A-1206AS8 cow75489-7549011/51
1204BS8 calf7549110/51
1205B-1206BS8 calf75492-7549311/51
1214A-1215AS8 cow75692-756936/52
1214B-1215BS8 calf75696-756976/52
data source: [2] bibliography

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