Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500

The Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 was a diesel-electric locomotive rated at 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), that rode on a pair of three-axle trucks, having a C-C wheel arrangement.

DRS-6-6-1500
Magma Arizona Railroad #10 (ne McCloud River Railroad #29) at the Arizona Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel electric
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
ModelDRS-6-6-1500
Build dateFebruary 1948–July 1950
Total produced83
Specifications
Configuration:
  AARC-C
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover608SC
RPM range625 (max)
AspirationTurbocharged
Cylinders8
Cylinder size12.75 in × 15.5 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Performance figures
Power output1,500 hp (1.12 MW)

Original buyers

Railroadttc QuantityRoad numbersNotes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
5
403–407
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
3
5530–5532
Chicago and North Western Railway
8
1500–1502, 1505–1509
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
4
200–203
to Soo Line Railroad 384–387
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
2
500–501
ex Bessemer and Lake Erie 401–402
Erie Railroad
12
1150–1161
Kaiser Steel
2
1010A, 1010B
McCloud River Railroad
2
28, 29
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
1
15
Northern Pacific Railway
1
177
Renumbered 525 to Burlington Northern 407
Southern Pacific Company
24
5203–5226
Southern Pacific Company
1
5227
B unit
Southern Pacific Company (Texas & New Orleans)
4
187–190
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
2
1500, 1501
Union Railroad
12
613–624
Total83

References

  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 300–302. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.


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