The Sharknoses of the Baldwin Locomotive Works 

You bet!

@Enmity the Kindhearted your talking about 50s diesels, you ever heard of the Monon Line?

@@Rebelgamer-1111 It's the Hoosier line!

It’s not one of my favorites, but I do have a soft spot for certain shark and bulldog nose locomotives because of just how iconic they were. (Plus I also have a Bulldog so who said I wouldn’t 😂)

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Sharknado

Good to know, thank you very much for the info!

Oooooh

Though some CPS content may also return on JointedRail (as Audie became part of JR after CPS shut down)

I heard he’s redoing his SD70, check the Trainz Forums. Hopefully the B40-8 is next.

Wow, that's gonna be sick!

Glad you're enjoying the show!

Made me chuckle 😂

It was too good to pass up.

@@HighIron What's the name of the song used to introduce the Sharknose?

Good comment, and very interesting reflection on North British. Also the fact that in the early 20th century at roughly the same time both NBL and Baldwin massively increased production facilities for an expected flood in orders that never came. Not too sure why, but possibly management saw a continuation of late 19th century operating methods, without foresight as to differing railroad systems, but it would appear more that both companies just plain overextended themselves and their expectations, theres only so many locomotives a market can consume. I digress; your observation of North British reliance on export: the largest order throughout the 1930's being a not particularly large order for "J" class 4-8-2 locomotives for New Zealand in 1939.

Glad you like them!

@@HighIron glad to be a subscriber

Actually this practice used an RS-3. The Geeps came later after the Sharks left for the E&LS.

@@fmnut ahhhh right on!

Hello there

Many thanks!

They're sure hard to miss. :P

BLI makes HO scale Sharks, I've got an ABB consist.

@@moestrei Bachmann also makes Baldwin Sharks (the four axle version, both A and B units) in H0 scale.

You’re welcome!

@@HighIron also there are two Baldwin identical twins of RF-16 -- DR6-4-2000 Sharknose/ DR6-4-2000A/606SC-engined DR-6-4-2000 locomotives and DR4-4-1500 Sharknose. but none survive in preservation.

Easy 1) EMD had a great record on the Santa Fe, which already owned 320 FT's and 93 F3's before the RF-16 was introduced - and would then buy 462 of the directly competing F7's ( and 36 F9's) Alco also sold no FA's to ATSF 2) Adding another model meant having to train your shops to maintain a completely different model and stock a whole range of spare parts not used on anything else (ATSF rostered 110 BLW switchers and 7 transfer units - none of which used the same generation of engine as the Sharks) 3) Word was getting around the industry about how BLW units were failing on the road and being hard to maintain (due to its "each unit different" philosophy 4) ATSF was a high speed line - it ditched it slow speed second hand ex-N&W and ex-C&O articulateds as fast as it could after WW2. So, the RF-16's strong suit, lugging drag freight at slow speeds was diametrically against its operating philosophy 5) EMD and the ATSF mechanical department had a close and strong relationship 6) EMD had legendarily superior customer service. Old steam builders barely understood the concept

@@colbeausabre8842 Those are some good points. To be honest I do have my doubts about the story I read about the ATSF considering sharks, I find that some of the older books I have, do contain a fair number of errors or oft-repeated misinformation.

AT&SF was a big customer of Baldwin Steamers,so it makes sense

Somebody had to keep them in service long enough for preservation to catch up... :P

Glad you enjoyed it!

The Railworks ones slipped by me after the fact. If there were EJ&E sharks available, I would’ve used those too

Why didn't road switcher locomotives catch on in the UK?

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Samething with Alco that could only produce switchers. 244 engine was put so fast in FA1 and RS2 before it was fine tuned. The famous sentence "what is good to GM is good to America" ......

Blender, but these are not my creations.

@@HighIron actually I have a question, what version of Trainz are you playing?

@@Rebelgamer-1111 Telling by the lighting, definitely Trainz 2019 (unless he was a beta tester of Trainz 2022)

@@bakerboat4572 ah thank you, I will admit although being a railfan my whole life I've never really looked into train simulators, thank you for the info

It is from Trainz 2019, a video game. But even still, these are great shots.

Welcome aboard!

@@Matts_Conrail_Chicago_Mainline If there aren't any models of that, what about the 1630 Frisco Decapod?

" Imagen what they could have made for Amtrak" An outfit known for using slow speed engines to power slow speed locomotives - Amtrak would turn and run! Here's the deal with the only passenger Sharks - and remember PRR's close relationship with BLW meant the PRR really WANTED these units to be successful "The PRR classified them as BP-20 (Baldwin Passenger, 2,000 horsepower or 1,500 kilowatts). They were originally used on top-flight express trains such as the Broadway Limited, but problems soon relegated them to lesser service. They ended their days on commuter trains along the New York and Long Branch in New Jersey." BLW's attempts to develop an engine to compete with EMD's Model 567 were a failure "1948 Model 547 Series - opposed-piston, 2 cycle, 6 1/2" bore x 8 1/4" stroke, - called the 547 series after the displacement of each cylinder - 6 cylinder, 1170 brake hp, 1000 hp for traction @ 1200 rpm - 9 cylinder, 1750 brake hp, 1500 hp for traction @ 1200 rpm 1949-1950 - three test engines, each 3 cylinder (6 pistion), built and tested - one 9 cylinder engine, built and tested 1951 - project cancelled after testing showed the same deficiencies found in other opposed-piston designs" and Westinghouse had exited the locomotive electrical equipment market in 1953 - so there went their electrical supplier. In 1956, for the first time in living memory, a PRR locomotive order to the commercial builders had not included Baldwin. BLW was SHOCKED and begged PRR to reconsider. But PRR was adamant. With the loss of their biggest customer, Baldwin threw in the towel.

Train Simulator Classics and TRS2019.

I would like to know too

I think its a remix of the jaws theme...

Thanks

Np

Much appreciated!