| By: | Gary Everhart |
| Dates: | 6/1/1946 - 6/1/1946 |
| Album Info: | This is a very rare photo of the Baldwin Locomotive Works demonstrator for the newly designed DRS6-4 road switcher on their turntable in Philadelphia, PA. According to Wikipedia, it was a "1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW), that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. It was introduced in 1946, and was replaced in Baldwin's catalog by the AS-416 in 1950, but continued in production for export orders until 1952. Ninety-one units were sold to ten railroads, but the model did far better in the export market than the domestic – 62 units to three North African countries, versus 29 units to seven railroads." |
