Baldwin DRS-6-4-1000

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model	DRS-6-4-1000
Build date	1948 - 1949
Total produced	20

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	A1A-A1A
UIC class	(A1A)(A1A)
Prime mover	606SC
Aspiration	Turbo
Generator	DC generator
Traction motors	DC traction motors
Cylinders	6
Transmission	Electric
Loco brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air

Performance figures
Power output	1,000 hp (746 kW)

Career
Locale	Algeria

The Baldwin DRS-6-4-1000 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1948 and 1949. The DRS-6-4-1000s were powered by a turbo-charged six-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of three-axle trucks in an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. 20 of these models were built for a railroad in Algeria.

Name Designation

DRS - Diesel Road Switcher
6 - Six axles
4 - Four powered axles
1000 - 1,000 horsepower

Original buyers

Railroad	Quantity	Road Numbers	Notes
Algeria FSC	20	040-DC-1 to 040-DC-20	French Supply Council
Totals	20

References

"DRS-6-4-1000". The Baldwin Diesel Zone. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
Will, Dick (October–November 1970). "Baldwin Tally part 1". Extra 2200 South: 23–24.

Diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Early units	Experimental units Baldwin pre-production switchers 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE

Switchers	VO-660 RS-4-TC DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12

Road switchers	DRS-4-4-1000 RS-12 DRS-4-4-1500 AS-16 DRS-6-4-1500 AS-416 DRS-6-6-1500 AS-616

Transfer units	DT-6-6-2000 RT-624

Cab units	DR-12-8-1500/2 DR-6 series DR-4-4-15 RF-16 RP-210

Export units	Soviet Railways ДБ20 DRS-6-4-660 DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 RF-615E

(See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives)

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