Dave Meashey said:
"Building locos that looked like that it's no wonder Baldwins went out of business."Actually Ken;
I think it had more to do with their very poor prime movers. They did not make the transition from steam all that well. Don’t know about the gas turbine (could have been Ingersoll-Rand’s), but their diesels really were dismal. I’ve had Pennsy guys tell me (back when I worked on the Dry Gulch RR ride) that they often had as much oil on the floor of the engineroom as was in the crankcase. Not good.
Best,
David Meashey
Baldwin’s fortunes sure took a dramatic turn: Cock of the walk one day, sunday dinner the next.
I still say thats one loco looking loco