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Baldwin VO-1000

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1939· diesel-electric locomotive

4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. WP584 (VO1000) Stockton 9-69.... - Flickr - drewj1946: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California· CC BY-SA 2.0
2. Missouri Pacific 9153 and 1084 (BLW VO1000) at EMD, LaGrange, IL on October 6, 1962 (21904232583): railfan 44· Public domain
3. Colorado & Wyoming -1107 Baldwin VO-1000 at Fair Park 09.2006: McKaby· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Baldwin VO-1000: baka_san· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Baldwin VO-1000 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between January 1939 and December 1946. These units were powered by a naturally aspirated eight-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of two-axle trucks in a B-B wheel arrangement. These were either the AAR Type-A switcher trucks, or the Batz truck originally developed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a leading truck for steam locomotives.

base stats

power 746 kWpower output
built 548made 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built: 1939–1946
status: preserved
number built: 548
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
builders: Baldwin Locomotive Works
top speed: —
power: 746 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 14.6 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q4850608, Wikipedia: Baldwin VO-1000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.