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Diesel–electric locomotive

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel–electric
Builder	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
Model	S8
Build date	March 1951 – September 1954
Total produced	54, plus 9 calf units

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	B′B′
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	606
RPM range	625 rpm maximum
Engine type	Straight-6 Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Naturally aspirated, solid injection
Displacement	1,979 cu in (32.43 L) per cylinder 11,874 cu in (194.58 L) total
Generator	Westinghouse 480F
Traction motors	Westinghouse 362D (4)
Cylinders	6
Cylinder size	12+3⁄4 in × 15+1⁄2 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Transmission	Electric
Gear ratio	16:76
Loco brake	Air
Train brakes	Air
Couplers	AAR Type E knuckle

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 mph (72 km/h)
Power output	875 hp (652 kW) (marketed as 800 hp)

Career
Locale	United States and Cuba
Disposition	Two preserved, remainder scrapped

The BLH S8 was an 875-horsepower (652 kW) diesel–electric switcher locomotive. The Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation produced a total of 63 units (61 for United States railroads and 2 for use in Cuba) between 1951 and 1953. Of these, nine were calf units built for Oliver Iron Mining Company in Minnesota. A tenth calf had been built for them on order, but when delivery was refused, it was fitted with a cab, and converted to a regular S8.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
American Rolling Mill Company	3	1151, 1152, 1201
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad	1	102
La Salle and Bureau County Railroad	1	8
McCloud Railway	1	31	Built with a single stack and space for a turbocharger for later conversion to a S-12, so is factored into the numbers of (and considered to be) an S-12
Medford Corporation, (Medford, Oregon)	1	8	Only Baldwin switcher built with dynamic brakes; preserved by the Southern Oregon Railway Historical Society
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad	2	50, 51
Oliver Iron Mining Company	9	1200A–1206A, 1214A, 1215A	"Cow" units
Oliver Iron Mining Company	9	1200B–1206B, 1214B, 1215B	"Calf" units
Pennsylvania Railroad	6	8994–8999
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	1	6006
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	5	802–806
Sharon Steel Corporation	8	3–10
Sloss-Sheffield Steel	4	33–36
United Railways of Havana, Cuba	2	8001, 8002
US Pipe and Foundry	1	37	Build as "calf"; fitted with cab before sale to USP&F; preserved by Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (Calera, Alabama) as Jefferson Warrior 37
US Steel	1	13
Weyerhaeuser Company	2	103, 105
Youngstown Sheet and Tube	7	703, 800–805
Totals	54	A units
Totals	9	B units

Preservation

Only two intact examples of the S-8 are known to survive today, one of which is owned by a railroad museum, while the other is the property of a railway historical society.

References

Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 8. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
"Preserved Lima and Baldwin Diesels". Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.

External links

v t e Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Early units	Experimental units Baldwin pre-production switchers 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE
Switchers	VO-660 RS-4-TC DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12
Road switchers	DRS-4-4-1000 RS-12 DRS-4-4-1500 AS-16 DRS-6-4-1500 AS-416 DRS-6-6-1500 AS-616
Transfer units	DT-6-6-2000 RT-624
Cab units	DR-12-8-1500/2 DR-6 series DR-4-4-15 RF-16 RP-210
Export units	Soviet Railways ДБ20 DRS-6-4-660 DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 RF-615E
(See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives)

v t e Diesel–electric switcher locomotives
Alco	ALCO Boxcab ALCO 600 HH600 HH660 HH900 HH1000 S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 T-6 SB-8/SSB-9
Baldwin	VO-660 DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 RS-4-TC VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12
Fairbanks-Morse	H-10-44 H-12-44 H-12-44TS H-12-46
GE	60-ton boxcab 100-ton boxcab 600-hp centercab 1000-hp centercab DEY-2 EN-6 25-ton 35-ton 43-ton 44-ton 45-ton 50-ton 60-ton 65-ton 70-ton 80-ton 95-ton 100-ton 110-ton 125-ton 126-ton 128-ton 1800-hp transfer 2000-hp transfer U5B U6B
GM/EMD	SC, SW, NC, NC1, NC2, NW, NW1, NW1A, NW4, T NW2 NW3 NW5 TR1 SW1 SW7 SW8 SW9 SW14 SW600 SW900 SW1000 SW1001 SW1200 SW1500 SW1504 MP15DC MP15AC MP15T RS1325 GMD1
Lima-Hamilton	LS-750 LS-800 LS-1000 LS-1200
National Railway Equipment	1GS7B 2GS14B 3GS21B 3GS21C

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