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Well, Mr. Corman once said that “You can’t be good if you don’t look good.” I’m surprised one of their Gensets didn’t wind up down there, but this is an interesting touch to say the least.
Corman’s Baldwin #1007 is a VO1000 originally built for the Cotton Belt in August 1944. It is the last remaining Cotton Belt Baldwin diesel and worthy of preservation.
Actually Mr Hays, 3 stacks are not rare at all. Starting with late production DS4-4-660, and all DS4-4-750 and S8 models, 3 exhaust stacks was the Baldwin factory standard for six cylinder non turbocharged locomotives. A number of those locos were later modified with six stacks by their owners. Regarding previous models, VO660s were originally built with one stack, then some had two, later on some had four stacks as did early DS4-4-660s.
Rara avis, no? I can’t remember ever seeing a DS4-4 with 3 exhaust stacks.
Wish this old shortline could have kept its name and its paint.