by Pneudyne
This thread complements the recent Alco, EMD and GE export threads.
Baldwin exports were I think fewer in number than from the above three manufacturers. And of the special export models, the metre-gauge AS-616E road-switcher built for Brasil, and the broad gauge RF-615E cab unit built for Argentina, have had reasonable coverage in the literature.
Beyond that, one must look to the products of Baldwin licensee Cockerill of Belgium to find later versions of what might be called the Baldwin concept, including the 608 diesel engine. As well as building locomotives for SNCB, Belgium, Cockerill also built for several overseas railroads.
An early Cockerill export, in 1954, was a Cape-gauge C-C end-cab road-switcher for the Matadi-Leopoldville railroad in what was then the Belgian Congo. This was clearly derived from the Baldwin AS-616E, and as far as I know, Cockerill referred to it as an AS-616E. It looks as if it were intended to run cab-forward.
The 608SC engine was licence-built by Cockerill, and the electrical equipment was supplied by ACEC of Belgium, who was a Westinghouse licensee. ACEC was perhaps better known as a supplier (and further developer of) of Westinghouse-type equipment for Belgian-built PCC streetcars. It also took Westinghouse’s late ideas on 25 Hz single-phase commutator traction motors and segued them into the 50 Hz field when industrial frequency electrification was embryonic.
The trucks look to be essentially the same as were used on the AS-616E. That is, trimount with a single swing-bolster and outside equalized.
So the Matadi-Leopoldville locomotive was very “Baldwin”, inclusive of pneumatic throttle (and dynamic brake) control.
Cheers,
Baldwin exports were I think fewer in number than from the above three manufacturers. And of the special export models, the metre-gauge AS-616E road-switcher built for Brasil, and the broad gauge RF-615E cab unit built for Argentina, have had reasonable coverage in the literature.
Beyond that, one must look to the products of Baldwin licensee Cockerill of Belgium to find later versions of what might be called the Baldwin concept, including the 608 diesel engine. As well as building locomotives for SNCB, Belgium, Cockerill also built for several overseas railroads.
An early Cockerill export, in 1954, was a Cape-gauge C-C end-cab road-switcher for the Matadi-Leopoldville railroad in what was then the Belgian Congo. This was clearly derived from the Baldwin AS-616E, and as far as I know, Cockerill referred to it as an AS-616E. It looks as if it were intended to run cab-forward.
The 608SC engine was licence-built by Cockerill, and the electrical equipment was supplied by ACEC of Belgium, who was a Westinghouse licensee. ACEC was perhaps better known as a supplier (and further developer of) of Westinghouse-type equipment for Belgian-built PCC streetcars. It also took Westinghouse’s late ideas on 25 Hz single-phase commutator traction motors and segued them into the 50 Hz field when industrial frequency electrification was embryonic.
The trucks look to be essentially the same as were used on the AS-616E. That is, trimount with a single swing-bolster and outside equalized.
So the Matadi-Leopoldville locomotive was very “Baldwin”, inclusive of pneumatic throttle (and dynamic brake) control.
Cheers,