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what is it?
The Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 was a diesel-electric locomotive rated at 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), that rode on a pair of three-axle trucks, having a C-C wheel arrangement.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1948–1950
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 82
- kind
- Diesel electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.1 MW
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4850546, Wikipedia: Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.