Tags: Locomotive.
The Baldwin AS-616 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1600 horsepower (1200 kW) that rode on three-axle trucks having a C-C wheel arrangement.Nineteen railroads bought 214 locomotives and two railroads bought seven cabless B units.Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart the Baldwin AS-16 though the six-motor design allowed better tractive effort at lower speeds.
