page_title: Baldwin AS-416
hierarchical_section_title: Baldwin AS-416
caption_attribution_description: English: Note 6-wheel trucks, only 21 built in the U.S. A Roger Puta Photograph
context_page_description: The Baldwin AS-416 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,600 hp, that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement.
  Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the Baldwin AS-16, though the wheel arrangement spread out the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines.
  It was introduced in 1950 as a replacement of the DRS-6-4-1500 and remained in Baldwin's catalog until their cessation of locomotive manufacture in 1956.
  Only 25 units were sold to four railroads — all of whom had bought the earlier model. The vast majority were purchased by the original Norfolk Southern Railway, becoming a signature locomotive for the company.
context_section_description: The Baldwin AS-416 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,600 hp (1,200 kW), that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement.
  Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the Baldwin AS-16, though the wheel arrangement spread out the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines.
  It was introduced in 1950 as a replacement of the DRS-6-4-1500 and remained in Baldwin's catalog until their cessation of locomotive manufacture in 1956.
  Only 25 units were sold to four railroads — all of whom had bought the earlier model.  The vast majority (17 of the 25 units) were purchased by the original Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–82), becoming a signature locomotive for the company.
caption: Norfolk Southern number 1616, an AS-416, at Chesapeake, VA, in 1968
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