The Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 was a

cab unit In North American railroad terminology, a cab unit is a railroad locomotive with its own cab and controls. "Carbody unit" is a related term, which may be either a cabless booster unit controlled from a linked cab unit, or a cab unit that con ...

-type

diesel locomotive A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover (locomotive), power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is con ...

built for freight service by the

Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, Eddystone in the early 20th century. The com ...

between November 1947 and June 1950. It was produced in two different body types, nicknamed the "Babyface" and " Sharknose" styles by

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s, though Baldwin used the same model number for both. 22 "Babyface" cab-equipped

A unit An A-unit, in railroad terminology, is a diesel locomotive (or more rarely an electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab and a control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a c ...

s were built, along with 11 cabless booster

B unit A B-unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive unit (generally a diesel locomotive) which does not have a control cab or crew compartment, and must therefore be operated in tandem with another coupled locomotive with a cab (an A-unit) ...

s; 36 "Sharknose" A units and 36 B units were constructed, making a total for all models of 105 locomotives built.

Original buyers

"Babyface" units produced (1947–1948)

"Sharknose" units produced (1949–1950)

References

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External links

Baldwin DR4-4-1500 (Babyface) Roster

Baldwin DR4-4-1500 (Sharknose) Roster

* ttp://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=bf-4-b_before1950.gif&sel=die&sz=sm&fr= PRR Diesel Locomotive diagrams: Baldwin DR-4-4-15 "B" (freight shark) {{Baldwin diesels Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States B-B locomotives DR-4-4-15 Railway locomotives introduced in 1947 Locomotives with cabless variants Scrapped locomotives Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States Streamlined diesel locomotives New York Central Railroad locomotives Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives