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Baldwin Locomotive No. 601
Columbus, Mississippi
Historical Marker Database · Davis Darryl Hartness
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Built in 1946 as the first road switcher of its type in the U.S., Baldwin Locomotive No. 601 was the Columbus and Greenville Railway’s first diesel-powered locomotive and was retired in 1984 after thirty-eight years on freight and passenger trains.
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