Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500

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Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model DRS-4-4-1500
Build date 1947–1950
Total production 32
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)

The Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500 was a United States diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,500 horsepower, that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement. It was manufactured from 1947 until it was replaced in 1950 by the 1,600 horsepower AS-16.

Nine railroads bought 32 locomotives, with five railroads later buying the successor model.

Railroad Quantity Roadnumbers
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 Railway ("Soo Line")
8
 360–367
New York Central Railroad
2
 7300, 7301
Northern Pacific Railway
2
 176, 176 (to 500, 501)
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
6
 6000–6005
Western Maryland Railroad
3
 170–172


[edit] References

Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374939. 

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Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Early units
Experimental units • Baldwin pre-production switchers
Switchers
VO-660 • DS-4-4-660 • DS-4-4-750 • S-8 • VO-1000 • DS-4-4-1000 • S-12
Road switchers
DRS-4-4-1000 • RS-12 • DRS-4-4-1500 • AS-16 • DRS-6-4-1500 • AS-416 • DRS-6-6-1500 • AS-616
Transfer units
DT-6-6-2000 • RT-624
Cab units
DR-12-8-1500/2 • DR-6 series • DR-4-4-15 • RF-16
Export units
Soviet Railways ДБ20 • DRS-6-4-660 • DRS-6-4-750 • DRS-6-4-1000 • RF-615E