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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by kenneo</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by drailed1999</i> <br /><br />You should see all the Baldwins they have in Sacramento too. They even have one of the Krauss-Maffei diesel hydralic hood units. It's weired to look underneath and see driveshafts instead of traction motors <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I know that they have one -615 (ex SP) that they rebuilt, and that there are 6 former TRONA Baldwins running loose somewhere, and a former ONW (ex SP) in storage non-operable in Oregon, so what Baldwins does Cal-State have? <br /> <br />Which model KM is at Cal-State? Should be the "Camera Unit", I think. Nose was rebuilt to house cameras for the locomotive simulator programs. That would be a Model 2 (hood). The HO modles follow the DRGW Model 1 type. The SP bought them from the DRGW, and so had 6, one of which they promptly incinerated in a tunnel on Donner by getting the hydralic oil too hot. <br /> <br />The last three Hydralics were Alco made with Voith Transmissions with Carden Shafts (like all of the German made units, too). 4,000 HP, but I think they used two 2,000 HP 251 short blocks, but it was about the same time as the 18-251 came out. Anyway, they had two sets of cooling radiators (one behind the cab and one at the far end of the long hood) and all three were cut up after only about 5 or so years of service. They were real roundhouse queens, rode like they had no springs and could straighten out curves with no strain whatsoever. SP misused them like they did with the German made units. These were high-speed constant torque units like steam is, not like diesel-electrics which are variable-torque. They flat failed as pushers on drags over Donner. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />The Baldwins are ex US Navy DRS 4-4-15 , DRS 6-6-15 & AS616. The KM unit is the old camera car you refer to but it has had it's entire nose that housed the cameras cut off. <br />The guys i used to work with said that all the diesel hyd. units did nothing but leak and that the ALCo DH-643's were prone to derail because their truck " being asymetrical " was mounted long end to the ends. [:D]
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