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- 1. CAGY Baldwin Road Switcher: Matthew Nichols· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500 was a diesel-electric locomotive that was produced by Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1946 and 1952. DRS-6-4-1500, one of Baldwin's heavy road-switchers, was rated at 1,500 horsepower and powered with a 608SC engine and rode on two three-axle trucks with an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. As was the case with nearly all of Baldwin's diesel designs, Westinghouse supplied the company with all of the DRS-6-4-1500's needed internal components such as traction motors, generators, and air equipment.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1952
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 91
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
- length
- 17.7 m
- weight
- 127 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4850544, Wikipedia: Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.