Please, please,please can someone,anyone please help me wiith a builders plate ID. It is a Baldwin-Westinghouse plate for serial or order number 74402 built June 1949 Philadelphia. I would like to know the railroad and the loco type.
https://www.american-rails.com/74405-74407.html AT&SF #533. Model DS-4-4-750. Hopefully this is accurate information.
Kalmbach's "Diesels From Eddystone" confirms the above information. There was a set of nine of these, road numbers 525-533, according to the book.
Don't know if Charlie is still looking for confirmation after a year, but Worley's Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail concurs. The unit was renumbered 633 in 1951 to make room in the 500 series for more opposed-piston oddities from Wisconsin in the yard goat fleet. Hey, Charlie, if you're still with us, take a close look at the front edge of the frame and see if you find anything familiar there: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1572683
I almost forgot, here's a site dedicated to Baldwin diesels. You may find some good stuff over there! http://baldwindiesels.railfan.net/contents.html
