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Owner: Seaboard Air Line
Model:BLW DR12-8-1500/2Built As:SAL 4500 (DR12-8-1500/2)
Serial Number:71579Order No:
Frame Number:Built:12/1945
Notes:SAL Class DS-45; Baldwin Articulated Diesel; 2,700 HP. DR-12-8-3000
Other locos with this serial:  SAL 4500(DR12-8-1500/2)
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SAL 4500
Title:  SAL 4500
Description:  Aside from the year there is no information on the slide. The month and day are approximate. Per Chuck Zeiler's comment, the likely location is McCook, IL, at the Pielet Bros. setout track. Unknown photographer, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  7/1/1957  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 10:20:55 PM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAL 4500(DR12-8-1500/2) SAL 4200(FA1) SAL 1684(RS3)
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"The Big Diesel That Didnt," Page 42, 1963
Title:  "The Big Diesel That Didnt," Page 42, 1963
Description:  Here is page five of a five-page article by Frederick Westing entitled "The Big Diesel That Didn't." It was published originally in the January 1963 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 42. Photo Caption: "Articulated chassis of ill-fated 6000 h.p. cab unit experiment wound up under Seaboard No. 4500, rated at just half the power."
Photo Date:  1/1/1963  Upload Date: 8/1/2018 1:11:07 PM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  SAL 4500(DR12-8-1500/2)
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