Baldwin RS-12

The Baldwin RS-12, sold as the BLH RS-12, was a 1,200 horsepower diesel-electric road switcher with a B-B wheel arrangement. It followed the Baldwin DRS-4-4-1000 and sold better, with 50 units going to eight railroads against 22 units to three for its predecessor; only the Pennsylvania Railroad bought both. It was built at Eddystone after the merger that formed Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, and the New York Central accepted RS-12s in place of one outstanding Lima order. It could be ordered with a steam generator or with dynamic brakes in the short hood, and survivors include California Western 56 at Travel Town in Los Angeles and several Escanaba and Lake Superior units.