baldwins-first-centipede-dieselhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/baldwins-first-centipede-diesel/Baldwin’s first “Centipede” diesel | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20110121.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2023-03-092023-03-2043575
Completed in 1943, this immense Baldwin Locomotive Works product was powered by four of an intended eight crossways-mounted 750 h.p. V8 diesels and had a 2-D+D-2 wheel arrangement. Designed for passenger service, the giant proved unsatisfactory, but its running gear was later used for Seaboard Air Line DR12-8-3000 No. 4500. Baldwin photo