Baldwin DT-6-6-2000

BLW DT-6-6-2000 (606SC)
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)
Model DT-6-6-2000
Build date March 1948 — August 1950
Total produced 45
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. C-C
UIC classification Co′Co′
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Trucks GSC 13 ft (3.96 m) rigid bolster
Length 74 ft (22.56 m)
Locomotive weight 354,000–375,000 lb (161,000–170,000 kg)
Prime mover 606SC × 2
Engine type Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration Turbocharged
Displacement 11,874 cu in (194.58 l) per engine
Cylinders 6 × 2
Cylinder size 12 34 in × 15 12 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Performance figures
Power output 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
Tractive effort 64,200 lbf (285.6 kN)
Career
Nicknames Center Cab, SW2400
Disposition 44 Scrapped, 1 Preserved
BLW DT-6-6-2000 (608NA)
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)
Model DT-6-6-2000
Build date May 1946
Total produced 1
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. C-C
UIC classification Co′Co′
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Trucks GSC 13 ft (3.96 m) rigid bolster
Length 70 ft 6 in (21.49 m)
Locomotive weight 365,000 lb (165.6 tonnes)
Prime mover 608NA × 2
Engine type Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration Normally aspirated
Displacement 15,832 cu in (259.44 l) per engine
Cylinders 8 × 2
Cylinder size 12 34 in × 15 12 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Performance figures
Power output 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
Tractive effort 64,200 lbf (285.6 kN)
Career
Nicknames Golden Goose
Disposition Scrapped

The Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 (Also referred to as the Baldwin DT6-6-2000) was a twin-engined diesel-electric transfer locomotive, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1946 and 1950.

A single prototype using a pair of 8 cylinder nominally aspirated 608NA prime movers (engines) was built in 1946 for the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. In order to minimise the length of the locomotive, the crosswalks at the ends of the locomotives were omitted. This feature was not repeated in the subsequent locomotives. Forty-five further locomotives were built using 6-cylinder turbocharged 606SC prime movers during 1948–1950.

The DT-6-6-2000 was most popular with the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, who purchased 27 of the 46 locomotives produced. Between 1956 and 1962, all but two of these locomotives (#100 and #118) underwent a significant rebuilding program. Several locomotives were rebuilt by the EJ&E at their Joliet shops and equipped with 1200hp Baldwin 606A engines. The rest were sent to the EMD facility in La Grange, Illinois, where they were rebuilt and equipped with modified SW series hoods, 1200hp EMD 567C engines, and new control stands, as well as multiple-unit train control capability. The EJ&E rebuilt units were retired in the late 1960s, and the EMD rebuilt units were retired between 1974 and 1975. All were subsequently scrapped.

Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway #21 is the final DT-6-6-2000 in existence. It is owned by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.

Original buyers

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators)
2
2000
to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2606
2001
to Elgin Joliet & Eastern 126
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
6
2600–2605
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
1
100
608NA engines
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
25
101-125
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (“Cotton Belt”)
1
260
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
4
300-303
to Soo Line Railroad 395–398 in 1961
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
5
20-24
Trona Railway
2
50-51
Total 46

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