Baldwin RF-16

The Baldwin RF-16, sold as the BLH RF-16, was a 1,625 horsepower cab unit diesel locomotive built for freight service by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton between 1950 and 1953. All had a B-B wheel arrangement on two two-axle road trucks with all axles powered. Production was 109 cab A units and 51 cabless B units, 160 in all. It used an air-powered throttle, so it could not run in multiple with EMD or Alco diesels without special equipment. A further 51 RF-16E units for passenger service in Argentina rode on A1A trucks, and three survive. The model was essentially a debugged DR-4-4-1500 with a new prime mover and carried the Sharknose body style.