Baldwin DT-6-6-2000

what is it?

The Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 (Also referred to as the Baldwin DT6-6-2000) was a twin-engined diesel-electric transfer switcher, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1946 and 1950. A single prototype using a pair of 8 cylinder naturally aspirated 608NA prime movers (engines) was built in 1946 for the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. In order to minimise the length of the locomotive, the crosswalks at the ends of the locomotives were omitted.

who runs it

base stats

• power 1.5 MWpower output
• built 46made in total

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.
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

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

46

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Baldwin Locomotive Works

operators

Illinois Railway Museum #21

top speed

—

power

1.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

length

22.6 m

nicknames

Center Cab, SW2400

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.