US Navy Baldwin Roster - VO1000 - S-12 - VO660


indicates unit is on the Roster of Existing Baldwin Diesels

US Naval Base Abbreviations

  • NAD - Naval Ammunition Depot
  • NSB - Naval Submarine Base
  • NWS - Naval Weapons Station
  • NWSC - Naval Weapons Support Center


    VO1000

    USN 6500531 USN 650053
    photo by: Jack Neville
    Navy pier in San Diego, CA - December1980
    		 65-00531

    c/n 67727, b/d 7/43

    - built for the US War Dept. as #7140
    - to USN Crane IN as #4
    - EMD repowered by Johnson Railway Services, 1980
    - to Nucor Steel #04


    GGMX 95 - Golden Gate Railroad Museum GGMX 95 - Golden Gate Railroad Museum
    photo by: Stan Ulrich
    Golden Gate Railroad Museum - 2003     		65-00095 (2nd)

    c/n 70126, b/d 1/44

    - built for SLSF as #215
    - repowered by EMD 1957, see Frisco Photo Gallery page
    - to NWS Concord, 1984
    - to Golden Gate Railroad Museum
    - to LB Railco

    USN 6500131 65-00131

    c/n 71968, b/d 10/44

    - built for USN as NWSC Crane #10
    - to NWS Earle
    photo by: Richard Louderback - collection of Mark Laundry
    Earle, NJ - March 21, 1981

    Turlock Western 621
    		 65-00621
    c/n 64257 b/d 11/1941

    - built for SAL as #1402 (SCL 30)
    - to Maxon Corp., rebuilt as USN 65-00621
    - to Turlock Western as #621
    photos by: Bill Christopher & Robert Lambrecht
    Turlock, CA - April 19, 2004

    VO1000 - units ordered by the the US Navy Department
    construction
    number    		 in service
    date    		 original
    number & location    		 Navy number notes/disposition photos
    64422 9/42 4 - Crane, IN 65-00070    
    64423 9/42 5 - Crane, IN 65-00071    
    64732 2/43 10 - Indian Head, MD 65-00429    
    64733 2/43 1 - Hawthorne, NV 65-00033    
    64738 3/43 7 - Crane, IN 65-00072    
    64739 3/43 8 - Crane, IN 65-00074    
    67737 8/43 2 - McAlester, OK 65-00087 Texas South-Eastern  
    69659 10/43 3 - Hastings, NB 65-00027    
    70102 4/44 4 - Earle, NJ 65-00124    
    70290 12/44 11 - Bangor, WA 65-00060 Mount Vernon Terminal Railway #505  
    70291 12/44 12 - Bangor, WA 65-00059 Auto Train 622  
    70292 12/44 13 - Bangor, WA 65-00061    
    70293 12/44 14 - Bangor, WA 65-00058    
    70886 7/44 6 - Bremerton, WA 65-00057    
    71428 2/45 13 - Earle, NJ 65-00129 Patapsco & Back Rivers #362 P&BR - Photo Gallery
    71429 2/45 14 - Earle, NJ 65-00126    
    71430 2/45 19 - Earle, NJ 65-00128 URHSofNJ painted as B&O #412 SMS Roster Page
    71524 11/45 35 - Cheatham Annex, VA 65-00202 NWSC Crane #5 see below
    71525 9/45 36 - Cheatham Annex, VA 65-00203 LaSalle & Bureau County #9 (TTI)  
    71738 3/45 1 - McAlester, OK 65-00049 Tennessee Valley Authority #27 TVA - Photo Gallery
    71739 3/45 2 - McAlester, OK 65-00249 Orange Empire Rwy Museum Port of LA - Photo Gallery
    71748 4/47 3 - Schumaker, AK 65-00094    
    71749 4/45 4 - McAlester, OK 65-00048 Tennessee Valley Authority #28  
    71753 5/45 22 - Port Chicago, CA 65-00111    
    71754 5/45 23 - Port Chicago, CA 65-00112    
    71940 8/44 8 - Earle, NJ 65-00125    
    71968 10/44 10 - Earle, NJ 65-00131 NWS Earle see above
    71969 10/44 9 - Earle, NJ 65-00132 NWS Earle  
    71970 10/44 10 - Crane, IN 65-00073    
    71983 2/45 18 - Bangor, WA 65-00062 EMD repowered  
    71984 2/45 19 - Bangor, WA 65-00471 EMD repowered  
    71985 2/45 5 - Stockton, CA 65-00256 Pacific Lumber Company #105 Pacific Lumber - Photo Gallery
    71986 2/45 21 - Port Chicago, CA 65-00110    
    71987 2/45 15 - Hawthorne, NV 65-00032 NWS Earle #15  
    71988 2/45 16 - Hawthorne, NV 65-00031 NWS Earle #16  
    72006 5/45 9 - Crane, IN 65-00075 painted as NKP #99  
    72034 8/45 12 - McAlester, OK 65-00092    
    72035 8/45 13 - McAlester, OK 65-00093   
    72040 9/45 37 - Fallbrook, CA 65-00050 Tennessee Valley Authority #29  
    72041 9/45 38 - Schumaker, AK 65-00095 LaSalle Central  
    data source: [10] [11] [12] bibliography


    UWSC Crane 17 NWSC Crane 17
    c/n 64420, b/d 8/42

    - built for US War Dept. #7456
    - US Navy 65-00530
    photo credit: Tom Trencansky
    Crane, IN - April 1976

    VO1000 - units that served the US Navy Department
    construction
    number    		 in servce
    date    		 original owner & number Navy number notes/disposition photos
    64257 11/41 built for SAL as #1402 (SCL 30) 65-00621 Maxon EMD repwd, now Turlock Western 621 see above
    64258 11/41 built for SLSF as #200 65-00624 NWSC Crane #8  
    64259 12/41 built for SLSF as #201 65-00367(2nd) NWS Earle #1  
    64260 12/41 built for SLSF as #202 65-00368(2nd) NWS Earle #2  
    64261 12/41 built for SLSF as #203 65-00370(2nd)    
    64411 7/42 built for SLSF as #205 65-00072(2nd) NWSC Crane #7  
    64420 8/42 built for US War Dept. #7456 65-00530 NWSC Crane #17 see above
    64433 11/42 built for SLSF as #206 65-00625 Rail Journeys West Inc.  
    67710 5/43 built for US War Dept. #7129 65-00526 NWSC Crane  
    67727 7/43 built for US War Dept. #7140 65-00531 Nucor Steel #04 see above
    69644 8/43 built for NC&StL as #30 65-00610    
    69668 10/43 built for ACL as #617 (SCL 104) 65-00620 NWSC Crane #4 SCL Photo Gallery
    69780 11/43 built for SLSF as #210 65-00623    
    70126 1/44 built for SLSF as #215 65-00095(2nd) LB Railco see above
    70885 7/44 built for US War Dept. #7227 65-00493    
    71980 11/44 built for SAL as #1414 (SCL 38) 65-00027(2nd) Bay State Milling Co. Mooresville, NC  
    71981 12/44 built for SAL as #1415 (SCL 39) 65-????? Maxon EMD repwd, may be 65-00622, NWS Earle  
    71982 1/45 built for SAL as #1416 (SCL 40) 65-00060(2nd) Bangor, Wash SCL Photo Gallery
    data source: [10] [11] bibliography

    S-12

    US Navy #2 Crane #2
    c/n 75289, b/d 12/51

    - recently auctioned see below
    photo credit: Tom Trencansky
    Crane, IN - June 1976
    NWSC Crane had two S12's painted for the Bicentennial; #1 (65-00293) & #2 (65-00292)

    USN 65-00369 65-00369

    S-12
    c/n 75709, b/d 11/52

    - NAD Earle, NJ #7
    - painted as Baldwin demostrator #1200
    - the real BLW 1200 is now SMS 301
    Photo by: Hector Vazquez
    Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - April 2005

    USN 65-00369 before and after being painted as BLW 1200
    USN 65-00369 USN 65-00369
    USN 65-00369 USN 65-00369
    Photos by: Ed Calvello

    USN 65-00368
    Photo by: Olev Taremae
    Earle, NJ - May 30, 1981
    		 65-00368

    S-12
    c/n 75708, b/d 11/52

    USN 65-00367
    Photo by: Olev Taremae
    Earle, NJ - May 30, 1981
    		 65-00367

    S-12
    c/n 75707, b/d 11/52

    USN 65-00366
    Photo by: Olev Taremae
    Earle, NJ - May 30, 1981
    		 65-00366

    S-12
    c/n 75706, b/d 11/52

    Belton, MO
    photo by: Mike Murray
    Belton, MO - May 1, 1990
    		 65-00372

    S12
    c/n 75712 - b/d 12/1952

    - donated to the Smokey Hill Railway Museum in Belton, MO
    - acquired by SMS in 1995 as #300


    S-12 - USN units order by the U.S. Army
    construction
    number    		 in service
    date    		 number orignal location notes/disposition photos
    75289 12/51 65-00292 Patuxent, MD NWSC Crane #2 see below
    75290 12/51 65-00293 Patuxent, MD NWSC Crane #1 see below
    75291 12/51 65-00315 Earle, NJ    
    data source: [10] [11] bibliography

    S-12 - USN units order by the Central Procurement Agency
    construction
    number    		 in service
    date    		 navy number orignal location notes/disposition photos
    75705 11/52 65-00365 Crane, IN NWSC Crane #3
    EMD repowered by Johnson Railway Services, 1979    		  
    75706 11/52 65-00366 Dahlgren, VA   see above
    75707 11/52 65-00367 Earle, NJ   see above
    75708 11/52 65-00368 Earle, NJ   see above
    75709 11/52 65-00369 Earle, NJ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania see above
    75710 12/52 65-00370 Earle, NJ    
    75711 12/52 65-00371 Savanna, OK NWSC Crane #6 see below
    75712 12/52 65-00372 Savanna, OK SMS 300 SMS - Roster
    75713 12/52 65-00373 Schumaker, AK USAF 1863  
    75714 12/52 65-00374 Schumaker, AK USAF 1864 USAF
    75796 2/53 65-00391 Mechanicsburg, PA NSB Bangor  
    data source: [10] [11] bibliography

    VO660

    VO660 - units ordered by the US Navy Department
    construction
    number    		 in service
    date    		 original
    number & location    		 Navy number notes/disposition photos
    70324 12/44 15 - Hingham, MA 65-00454    
    70325 12/44 16 - Earle, NJ 65-00127    
    70326 12/44 18 - Earle, NJ 65-00130    
    72002 4/45 10 - McAlester OK 65-00090    
    72003 4/45 11 - McAlester, OK 65-00091    
    72004 5/45 31 - Fallbrook, CA 65-00051    
    data source: [10] [11] bibliography

    Any help with completing and/or correcting this roster would be appreciated.

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

    For Sale ... again

    The following US Navy units from NWSC, Crane, IN., were up for auction in 2005.
    The auction closed March 2, 2005 with the following bids:
    #2 - $10,300
    #6 - $7,450
    #1 - $7,150
    #5 - $7,050

    The most recent auction closed March 28, 2008 with the following bids:
    #2 - $28,000
    #6 - $29,000
    #1 - $29,000
    #5 - $26,000


    See Government Liquidation, LLC; Event Id 3357

    USN 65-00292
    		 65-00292 - Crane #2

    S12
    c/n 75289, b/d 12/51
    Government Liquidation, LLC; Event Id 3357 — Lot Number 5000


    USN 65-00371
    		 65-00371 - Crane #6

    S12
    c/n 75711, b/d 12/52
    Government Liquidation, LLC; Event Id 3357 — Lot Number 5001


    USN 65-00292
    		 65-00293 - Crane #1

    S12
    c/n 75290, b/d 12/51
    Government Liquidation, LLC; Event Id 3357 — Lot Number 5002


    USN 65-00202
    		 65-00202 - Crane #5

    VO1000
    c/n 71524, b/d 11/45
    Government Liquidation, LLC; Event Id 3357 — Lot Number 5003


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