The Baldwin DRS-4-4-1000 was a diesel-electric road switcher produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from July 1948–March 1950. The units featured a , six-cylinder prime mover, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-B road trucks, with all axles powered. They had a cast steel frame. The units were configured to normally run with the long hood in the forward position.
Only 9 were built for American railroads, with another 13 manufactured in December 1948 and January and February 1949 by the Canadian Locomotive Company for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, the first railroad in Canada to dieselize its locomotive fleet. The DRS-4-4-1000 was (in most cases) visually indistinguishable from its successor, the RS-12. The only intact example of the DRS-4-4-1000 is Canadian Pacific No. 8000, the first diesel locomotive purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway, which is currently being cosmetically restored at the Railway Museum of British Columbia in Squamish.
Units produced by Baldwin Locomotive Works (1948–1950) Railroad Quantity Road numbersnotesPennsylvania Railroad5591–5594, 9276, 9277To Penn Central as #8300-8305 in 1968.Tennessee Central Railway75–77
Units produced by the Canadian Locomotive Company (1948–1949) Railroad Quantity Road numbersCanadian Pacific Railway#8000–8012 worked the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway).
Preservation • Canadian Pacific #8000 is preserved at the Railway Museum of British Columbia in Squamish, BC.
References
External links Baldwin DRS4-4-1000 & RS-12 Roster Preserved Baldwin and Lima Locomotives