Baldwin AS-616

The Baldwin AS-616, sold as the BLH AS-616, was a 1,600 horsepower C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton between 1950 and 1954. Nineteen railroads bought 214 locomotives and two railroads bought seven cabless B units. It was valued for a tractive effort far higher than any comparable Alco or EMD product, and it rode on the same basic frame and shared the body of the earlier DRS-6-6-1500. Although marketed as a road switcher, it saw most use as a heavy switcher, which suited roads with heavy hump yards. It was the company's best selling road switcher and the third greatest selling diesel-electric model it ever offered.