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Baldwin DRS-6-4-660NA, -750, -1000 and -1500

French State Railway A1AA1A 62000

United States 1946 218 produced
DRS-6-4-1500 of the Columbus and Greenville Railroad in March 2011 in Columbus, Missouri Matthew Nichols CC BY-SA 2.0

The DRS-6-4 series included road switchers that had a total of six axles, four of which were powered. The three less powerful variants each had a six-cylinder with 660, 750 or 1,000 hp, with only the most powerful variant having a turbocharger. 

The first variant with 660 hp was manufactured from 1946 and 100 of the 106 locomotives went to the SNCF. They were derived from the four-axle VO-1000 and had a carrying axle in each bogie to reduce the axle load. They were given the designation A1AA1A 62000 and remained in service until 1994. The remaining six went to Morocco.

The DRS-6-4-1000 received the same six-cylinder engine as the 660 hp variant, but here it delivered 1,000 hp thanks to a turbocharger. From 1948, 20 of this variant were delivered to Algeria on behalf of France. In 1949 a single naturally aspirated 750 hp locomotive was delivered to Morocco and used to transport phosphate.

The variant with 1,500 hp was powered by an eight-cylinder with turbocharger and was also available from 1946. In the USA it was replaced by the AS-416 in 1950. The DRS-6-4-1500E was manufactured for export until 1952. Ultimately, more than half of a total of 91 DRS-6-4-1500 were sold to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

SNCF A1AA1A 62030 in September 1983 at Bobigny depot Didier Duforest / CC BY-SA 4.0
Sectional drawing of the DRS-6-4-660NA Didier Duforest / CC0

Technical data

General

Property DRS-6-4-660NA DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 DRS-6-4-1500
Built 1946-1948 1949 1948-1949 1946-1952
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement A1A-A1A
Gauge 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property DRS-6-4-660NA DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 DRS-6-4-1500
Length 17.72 m 17.68 m
Wheelbase 13.34 m
Service mass 109.5 t 127 t
Adhesion mass 73 t 84.8 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.40 m
Axle load 18.3 t 21.2 t

Power plant

Property DRS-6-4-660NA DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 DRS-6-4-1500
Engine Baldwin 606NA Baldwin 606SC Baldwin 608SC
Engine type 6-cyl. diesel 8-cyl. diesel

Power

Property DRS-6-4-660NA DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 DRS-6-4-1500
Power source diesel-electric
Indicated power 492 kW (669 PS) 559 kW (760 PS) 746 kW (1,014 PS) 1,119 kW (1,521 PS)
Top speed 97 km/h 105 km/h
Starting effort 258.9 kN

Calculated values

Property DRS-6-4-660NA DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 DRS-6-4-1500
Power-to-weight ratio 4.5 kW/t 8.8 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.50 1 : 1.50
Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.21
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