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Baldwin DS-4-4-660
| Power type |
Diesel-electric |
| Builder |
Baldwin Locomotive Works |
| Build date |
June 1946 to May 1949 |
| Total production |
139 |
| AAR wheel arr. |
B-B |
| UIC classification |
B'B' |
| Gauge |
4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Prime mover |
606NA |
| Engine RPM range |
625 rpm max. |
| Engine type |
Four-stroke diesel |
| Aspiration |
Normally aspirated, solid injection |
| Displacement |
1,979 cu in (32.43 l) per cylinder
11,874 cu in (194.58 l) total |
| Cylinders |
Straight-6 |
| Cylinder size |
12¾ × 15½ in (324 × 394 mm) |
| Transmission |
DC generator
DC traction motors |
| Power output |
660 hp (492 kW) |
| Locomotive brakes |
Air |
| Train brakes |
Air |
| Locale |
North America |
The Baldwin DS-4-4-660 was a four-axle 660 horsepower (490 kW) diesel-electric switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1946 and 1949. It replaced the 660 horsepower VO-660 in their catalog, and was in turn replace by the 750 horsepower (560 kW) DS-4-4-750. It was the low horsepower companion to Baldwin's DS-4-4-1000 models.
[edit] Original owners
[edit] References
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374939.
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Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Experimental units • Baldwin pre-production switchers
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Soviet Railways ДБ20 • DRS-6-4-660 • DRS-6-4-750 • DRS-6-4-1000 • RF-615E
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