Having grown up on Long Island & missed seeing the F-M and Baldwin power they had by just a few years made me curious about how they sounded. Although having an all Alco railroad for a few years was not a bad thing! A day trip and then a move to Bucks County, PA got me to witness some Baldwin locomotives out of service at US Steel-Fairless Works and then my first living, breathing Baldwin locomotive at what is now the Tyburn RR in Morrisville, PA, which had come from the New Hope & Ivyland RR. That locomotive disappeared, but I soon found it working for a new railroad, SMS at Fairless Hills, PA.I went one day hoping to shoot video of it starting up, and was soon invited up for a cab ride in #302, which is now PRR 9069 the only surviving PRR Baldwin. Next, I found out about their main operation in Bridgeport, NJ and became friends with their employees & CMO Al Briegel, who was always kind & forthcoming with information about which engines would be shopped, painted, etc. next. I found Mark Laundry thru his website The Yardlimit and shared some of my Baldwin switcher photos. We both decided it would be interesting to start a webpage about Baldwin diesels and did just that. It has grown substantially thanks to contributors and my living not far from the Baldwin birthplace of Eddystone, PA. --- Tim Darnell

You are invited to visit the information-rich Baldwin Diesel Zone.

BLW #74119 exited Baldwin's large locomotive manufacturing center in Eddystone, Pennsylvania in April 1949. Attired in Brunswick green with gold-leaf lettering, the four-axle locomotive went to work immediately for new owner Pennsylvania RR as DS44-1000 #9069. The 1000-hp switcher has had a checkered past and has become a favorite with BLW fans throughout eastern and midwestern U.S. A brief overview of the popular loco's 70-year history is presented here in photos with the aid of Tim Darnell and others.

Reference sources:

• Diesels from Eddystone by Gary W. Dolzall
• The Diesel Builders (Volume 3: Baldwin) by John F. Krirkland
• Extra 2200 South: The Locomotive Newslettet (Oct.-Dec. 1979 and Ja.-Mar. 1980)
• The Baldwin Diesel Zone (website)