Baldwin DRS-6-4-1000

Baldwin DRS-6-4-1000
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model DRS-6-4-1000
Build date 1948 - 1949
Total produced 20
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. A1A-A1A
UIC classification (A1A)(A1A)
Prime mover 606SC
Aspiration Turbo
Generator DC generator
Traction motors DC traction motors
Cylinders 6
Transmission Electric
Performance figures
Power output 1,000 hp (746 kW)
Locomotive brake Straight air
Train brakes Air
Career
Locale Algeria

The Baldwin DRS-6-4-1000 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1948 and 1949. The DRS-6-4-1000s were powered by a turbo-charged six-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of three-axle trucks in an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. 20 of these models were built for a railroad in Algeria.

Name Designation

DRS - Diesel Road Switcher
6 - Six axles
4 - Four powered axles
1000 - 1,000 horsepower

Original buyers

Railroad Quantity Road Numbers Notes
Algeria FSC
20
040-DC-1 to 040-DC-20French Supply Council
Totals 20

References