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The RP-210 was a streamlined, locomotive built in 1956 by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, specifically to operate with the lightweight, all aluminum, Train-X train produced by Pullman Car Company. This model represented Baldwin's attempted entry into the lightweight locomotive market, but only three of the low-slung units were produced: the first unit was built for the New York Central Railroad for use with their ''Xplorer'' train, and a pair was purchased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for their ''Dan'l Webster'' train (New York, New York to Boston, Massachusetts). The R's twelve-cylinder Maybach MD-655 main engine was mounted rigidly to, and pivoted with, the locomotives front truck, along with the Mechydro hydraulic transmission. An auxiliary Maybach engine (turbocharged 8-cylinder MD-440 on the NYC unit, turbocharged 6-cylinder MD-330 on the New Haven locomotives) powered the locomotives accessories, and a 480-volt generator to provide head-end power for train lighting and other ancillary loads. The units measured long by wide by high, and were configured in a B-2 wheel arrangement, with only the first two axles powered, and were geared for . The New Haven locomotives were dual-powered, and came equipped with third-rail pickups and two traction motors, to allow them to operate in New York's Grand Central Terminal.〔http://www.kelseypub.com/ct-guide/railroad/danlfire.shtml〕 The units were only in service from 1957 until 1960, and had several problems during their short lives, including transmission overheating, and shop forces unfamiliar with their engines and transmissions. The NYC's shop crews occasionally had to obtain metric fasteners from a local Volkswagen dealership. Both trains, and all three locomotives, were retired in 1960, and sold to Jones Tours, for excursion service. After a long period of storage in South Carolina, lastly at Travelers Rest on the Greenville and Northern Railway, the trains and locomotives were scrapped around 1970.〔(The Baldwin Diesel Zone - RP-210 )〕 ==See also== *The ''Roger Williams'', a lightweight, high speed DMU train, built for the New Haven. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baldwin RP-210」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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