Baldwin DS-4-4-750 explained

Baldwin DS-4-4-750
Powertype:Diesel-electric
Builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
Buildmodel:DS-4-4-750
Builddate:July 1949 to February 1951
Totalproduction:53
Aarwheels:B-B
Uicclass:B′B′
Primemover:606NA
Enginetype:Four-stroke diesel
Rpmrange:625 rpm max.
Aspiration:Normally aspirated, solid injection
Displacement:1979cuin per cylinder
11874cuin total
Cylindercount:Straight-6
Cylindersize:NaN×
Transmission:Electric
Generator:DC generator
Tractionmotors:DC traction motors
Poweroutput:750hp
Locobrakes:Air
Trainbrakes:Air
Locale:North America

The Baldwin DS-4-4-750 was a four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1949 and 1951. It was a bridge between the DS-4-4-660 and the S-8. It was the low power companion in Baldwin's catalog to their DS-4-4-1000 and the S-12.

Original owners

RailroadQuantityRoad numbersNotes
Baldwin Locomotive Works (plant) to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 301 in 1956; became Texas South-Eastern 301, now R.J. Corman (Texas Line) 301
Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators) to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 101–102
This locomotive is now on the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton PA undergoing restoration
Total 53

Page 40 of the Dolzall brothers book "Diesels from Eddystone" describes the DR-4-4-750 as a "Horsepower boost for a lagging seller." Baldwin dropped the DR-4-4-660 model and introduced the new 750 HP DR-4-4-750. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF) purchased nine in August 1948 and 21 units were sold in 1949 to six different customers.

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