The Baldwin DS-4-4-750 was a four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1949 and 1951. It was a bridge between the DS-4-4-660 and the S-8. It was the low power companion in Baldwin's catalog to their DS-4-4-1000 and the S-12.
Original owners RailroadQuantityRoad numbersNotes Baldwin Locomotive Works (plant) to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 301 in 1956; became Texas South-Eastern 301, R.J. Corman (Texas Line) 301, and recently sold to SMS Rail Lines. Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators) to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 101–102. 101 preserved at Train Mountain Railroad Museum. American Cyanamid Company American Steel and Wire Company Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway California Western Railroad Erie Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Texas Mexican Railway Warner Sand and Gravel This locomotive is now on the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton, Pennsylvania undergoing restoration. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Total 53
Page 40 of the Dolzall brothers book "Diesels from Eddystone" describes the DR-4-4-750 as a "Horsepower boost for a lagging seller." Baldwin dropped the DR-4-4-660 model and introduced the new 750 HP DR-4-4-750. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF) purchased nine in August 1948 and 21 units were sold in 1949 to six different customers.
Preservation • Texas Mexican #510 is owned by the Gulf Coast NRHS and remains stored in Houston, Texas.
• Warner Sand & Gravel #14 is undergoing restoration at the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton, Pennsylvania.
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