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all different - and all good ! Time, November 11, 1946 This ad depicts a cab unit that appears to be a "Centipede", no doubt based on Seaboard 4500, the first DR12-8-3000 , the center-cab is the prototype for the DT6-6-2000 as in the ad below and a switcher that would be an 8-cylinder normally aspirated unit judging by the four exhaust stacks, prehaps a DS4-4-1000(NA) introducted in 1946 |
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this BALDWIN "workhorse" is another BALDWIN "FIRST" Time, Sept. 16, 1946 Number 100 was the prototype for the DT6-6-2000. It was build to the specifications of the EJ&E and placed in service on May 13, 1946. - weight 363,300 lbs. - length 70’-6” - starting tractive effort 108,000 lbs. - cost $173,000 Unlike production DT6-6-2000 units #100 was powered by twin 608NA diesels and had no crossover walkways at each end. A production demonstrator was built in 1948. It was numbered 2000, painted gray and blue and nicknamed “Bluebird”. It can be seen on Don Strack's Carbon County Railway Photo Album. Thanks to Don Strack for this link. |