Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500

Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500
CAGY #601 on display in Columbis, Mississippi
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model DRS-6-4-1500
Build date 1946–1952
Total produced 91
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AAR A1A-A1A
Prime mover 608SC
Performance figures
Power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)

The Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. It was introduced in 1946, and was replaced in Baldwin's catalog by the AS-416 in 1950, but continued in production for export orders until 1952.

Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500, though the wheel arrangement spread out the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines.

Ninety-one units were sold to ten railroads, but the model did far better in the export market than the domestic – 62 units to three North African countries, versus 29 units to seven railroads.

Original buyers

RailroadQuantityRoad NumbersNotes
Baldwin Locomotive Works
2
1500
to Union Pacific 1250
1501
to Kennecott Copper Corporation 901
Columbus and Greenville Railway
5
601–605
Chicago and North Western Railway
1
1504
Norfolk Southern Railway
10
1501–1510
Savannah and Atlanta Railway
8
100–107
Southern Pacific Company
3
5200–5202
Office des Chemins de fer Algériens
43
Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc
15
Tunisian Railways
4
040 DA 301–304
Total91

References

  • Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.


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