Baldwin DS-4-4-660 explained

Baldwin DS-4-4-660
Powertype:Diesel-electric
Builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
Builddate:June 1946 to May 1949
Totalproduction:139
Aarwheels:B-B
Length:46feet
Width:9feet
Height:142NaN2
Locoweight:196600lb
Primemover:606NA
Rpmrange:625 rpm max.
Enginetype:Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration:Normally aspirated, solid injection
Displacement:1979cuin per cylinder
11874cuin total
Cylindercount:Straight-6
Cylindersize:NaN×)
Generator:DC type 480
Tractionmotors:West’hse 362-D
Poweroutput:660hp
Tractiveeffort:56500lb
Trainbrakes:Air
Locobrakes:Air
Locale:North America

The Baldwin DS-4-4-660 was a four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1946 and 1949. It replaced the VO-660 in their catalog, and was in turn replaced by the DS-4-4-750. It was the low power companion to Baldwin's DS-4-4-1000 models.

Original owners

RailroadQuantityRoad numbersNotes
1 13
1 1001
3 661–663 661 scrapped, 662 and 663 survive in Roanoke, VA.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”) 1 71
3 1259–1261
1 1
1 101
5 381–385
1 102
4 409–412
6 44–49
3 661–663
4 306–309
99 5957–5966, 9000–9049, 9110–9121, 9210–9236 PRR Class BS-6a
1 30
1 100
2 201–202
1 D100
1 104
Total 139

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