Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500
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Maximum speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
Power output | 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) |
Tractive effort | 61,510 lbf (273.61 kN) |
The Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW), that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement. It was manufactured by Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1947 until it was replaced in 1950 by the 1,600-horsepower (1,200 kW) AS-16.
Nine railroads bought 35 locomotives, with five railroads later buying the successor model.
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Erie Railroad | 6 | 1100–1105 | |
Lehigh Valley Railroad | 1 | 200 | |
Iron Mines of Venezuela (Bethlehem Steel Company) | 3 | 1–3 | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line") | 8 | 360–367 | |
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway) | 4 | 4112–4115 | |
New York Central Railroad | 2 | 7300–7301 | |
Northern Pacific Railway | 2 | 175–176 | Renumbered 500–501 to Burlington Northern 405-406 |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | 6 | 6000–6005 | |
Western Maryland Railway | 3 | 170–172 | |
Total | 35 |
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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Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Experimental units
- Baldwin pre-production switchers
- 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE
- DRS-4-4-1000
- RS-12
- DRS-4-4-1500
- AS-16
- DRS-6-4-1500
- AS-416
- DRS-6-6-1500
- AS-616
(See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives)
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