Baldwin 0-6-6-0 1000

Summary

The Baldwin 0-6-6-0-1000/1DE is a cab unit diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1945. The 0-6-6-0-1000/1DEs were powered by an eight-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of three-axle trucks in a C-C wheel arrangement. 30 of these models were built for Soviet Railways, today Russian Railways, as Class Дб (Class Db).

Baldwin 0-6-6-0-1000/1DE
СЖД Дб (SZhD Db)
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number72173-72202
Model0-6-6-0-1000/1DE
Build dateJune-August 1945
Total produced30
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARC-C
 • UICC′C′
Gauge1,524 mm (5 ft)
1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge
TrucksGSC Commonwealth
Wheelbase:
 • Truck13’
Length18 m (58 ft)
Height5 m (15 ft)
Loco weight122.6 tonnes (120.7 long tons; 135.1 short tons)
Prime mover8VO
Engine typeFour-stroke diesel
AspirationNormally aspirated
GeneratorWestinghouse 480D
Traction motorsWestinghouse 370F (6)
Cylinders8
TransmissionElectric
Gear ratio68:14
Loco brakeStraight air
Train brakesAir
Performance figures
Maximum speed97 km/h (60 mph)
Power output746 kW (1,000 hp)
Career
OperatorsSoviet Railways (СЖД / SZhD)
ClassДб (Db)
NumbersДб20-71 to Дб20-100 (Db20-71 to Db20-100)
LocaleSoviet Union
Withdrawn1981
DispositionAll scrapped

None survived to preservation, however the cab of one of the locomotives is known to have survived as a shed, and a bogie is known to have been used underneath a fuel tanker.

Original buyers edit

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Soviet Railways 30 Дб20-71 to Дб20-100 former US Army 2460–2489
Totals 30

See also edit

References edit

  • "The Baldwin Diesel Zone - Magazine Article". Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  • "The Baldwin Diesel Zone - Export Diesels". Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  • Extra 2200 South Baldwin Tally part 1 by Dick Will pages 23–24 October November 1970.

External links edit

  • Baldwin DRS-6-4-660
  • Soviet Railways type Db Russian language