Lone Star Baldwins
On my way out of Texas, I paid a visit to the Texas South-Eastern Railroad, a century-old lumber railroad in east Texas alleged to have one of the last Baldwin switchers in revenue service outside the East Coast.
Outside the TSE shop in Diboll, Texas are the two resident Baldwin switchers. The first one is #1007, a VO-1000 built for the Cotton Belt in 1944. It has been sidelined since RJ Corman bought the TSE in 2014 and has been up for sale since. Behind 1007 is RJCD 301, a former BLW DS44-750 demonstrator built in 1950. In a surprise turn of events, RJ Corman painted 301 in corporate colors and thrust it into service in 2016. Flash-forward five years later, the venerable Baldwin has been replaced with an ex-SCL GP16.
Lone Star Baldwins
On my way out of Texas, I paid a visit to the Texas South-Eastern Railroad, a century-old lumber railroad in east Texas alleged to have one of the last Baldwin switchers in revenue service outside the East Coast.
Outside the TSE shop in Diboll, Texas are the two resident Baldwin switchers. The first one is #1007, a VO-1000 built for the Cotton Belt in 1944. It has been sidelined since RJ Corman bought the TSE in 2014 and has been up for sale since. Behind 1007 is RJCD 301, a former BLW DS44-750 demonstrator built in 1950. In a surprise turn of events, RJ Corman painted 301 in corporate colors and thrust it into service in 2016. Flash-forward five years later, the venerable Baldwin has been replaced with an ex-SCL GP16.