Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500
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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
Railroad | Quantity | Road Numbers | Notes |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works | to Union Pacific 1250 | ||
to Kennecott Copper Corporation 901 | |||
Columbus and Greenville Railway | |||
Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Norfolk Southern Railway | |||
Savannah and Atlanta Railway | |||
Southern Pacific Company | |||
Office des Chemins de fer Algériens | |||
Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc | |||
Tunisian Railways | |||
Total | 91 |
References
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.
Categories:
- A1A-A1A locomotives
- Baldwin locomotives
- Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1946
- Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
- Standard gauge locomotives of Algeria
- Standard gauge locomotives of Morocco
- Standard gauge locomotives of Tunisia
- Diesel-electric locomotives of Algeria
- Diesel-electric locomotives of Morocco
- Diesel-electric locomotives of Tunisia