Baldwin VO-660

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Model	VO-660
Build date	April 1939 – May 1946
Total produced	142

Specifications
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
Loco weight	197,520–203,980 lb (89,600–92,500 kg)
Prime mover	De La Verne VO
RPM range	625 rpm max.
Engine type	Straight-6 Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Normally aspirated, solid fuel injection
Displacement	1,979 cu in (32.43 l) per cylinder 11,874 cu in (194.58 L) total
Generator	DC generator
Traction motors	DC traction motors
Cylinders	6
Cylinder size	12.75 in × 15.5 in (324 mm × 394 mm)
Transmission	Electric
Loco brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air

Performance figures
Power output	660 hp (490 kW)
Tractive effort	49,380–50,995 lbf (219.65–226.84 kN)

Career
Locale	North America, Cuba

The Baldwin VO-660 was a diesel-electric locomotive switcher built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between April, 1939 and May, 1946. The 197,520–203,980 lb (89,600–92,500 kg) units were powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine rated at 660 horsepower (492 kW), and rode on two-axle AAR Type-A switcher trucks in a B-B wheel arrangement. 142 examples of this model were built for American railroads, along with the United States Navy. Baldwin replaced the VO-660 with the model DS-4-4-660 in 1946.

In the early 1960s the Reading Company sent all 10 of their VO-660s to General Motors Electro-Motive Division to have them rebuilt to SW900 specifications. These locomotives received new frames, cabs, and carbodies, and reused only the trucks and batteries from the VO-660's. ^[1] Only four intact examples of the VO-660 are known to survive today. One was built as Baldwin 335, the first production VO-660. It was sold by the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum to SMS Lines to be repaired and put back into operation. SMS also owns the former Warner 11, which is being restored before being put into service. The others are Pickens Railway #2, built in 1946, and Wyandotte Terminal 103, at the Illinois Railway Museum. Those two are inoperable at the present time.

Units produced

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Baldwin Locomotive Works (pre-production units)	1	299	Used as BLW plant switcher
Baldwin Locomotive Works (pre-production units)	1	62300	to Reading 60
Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrator)	1	335	first production VO-660; to Standard Steel Division of Baldwin Locomotive Works 12, to Altoona Railroaders Museum, to SMS Rail Lines, under restoration to active service
	1	336	to Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 270
	1	337	to Central of Georgia Railway
Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad	1	25
American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO)	4	1950–1953
American Steel and Wire Company	3	1, 11, 23-1
Basic Magnesium, Inc.	1	1000
Central Railroad of New Jersey	4	1040–1043
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	1	110
Chicago and North Western Railway	10	1237–1246
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”)	1	1649	Renumbered 1635, later renumbered 985
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”)	3	58, 59, 68
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	9	66–74
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	2	271, 272
Francisco Sugar Company, (Cuba)	1	45
Iowa Ordnance Plant	1	2-100	to US War Dept 7276
Kansas City Southern Railway	1	1150
La Salle and Bureau County Railroad	1	6
Long Island Rail Road	1	403
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	4	20–23
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway	1	600	Renumbered 60
Minnesota Western Railway	1	1	to MNS 1
Missouri Pacific Railroad	4	9009, 9010, 9012, 9026
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	1	10
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad	3	41–43
New York Central Railroad	12	501–502, 752–761	501–502 renumbered 750–751
Northern Pacific Railway	3	128–130	Renumbered 650–652
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad	3	63–65	Renumbered 301–303
Pennsylvania Railroad	12	5907–5909, 5932–5937, 5941–5943
Procter and Gamble	1	125	Used at Port Ivory, Staten Island, NY
Reading Company	10	61–70
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway	2	600–601
Seaboard Air Line Railroad	1	1202
Singer Manufacturing Company	1	2	to Pickens Railway #2, stored out of service on line
Southern Pacific Company	2	1021–1022
Southern Railway	1	DS2005
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	4	531–534
Union Terminal Railway of Memphis (Missouri Pacific Railroad)	2	9090–9091
United States Navy	6	10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 31
Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad	2	51–52
Wabash Railroad	1	200
Warner Company	1	11	to New Hope & Ivyland 395, to SMS Rail Lines 11; under restoration
Western Maryland Railway	4	101, 103–105
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company	1	10
Wyandotte Terminal Railroad	3	101–103	103 preserved at Illinois Railway Museum
Youngstown Sheet and Tube	8	600–607
Total	143

References

↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/ironhorseusa2000/vo660.htm%23info&date=2009-10-26+00:34:01

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

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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)

Diesel-electric switcher locomotives

Alco	ALCO Boxcab ALCO 600 HH600 HH660 HH900 HH1000 S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 T-6 SB-8/SSB-9

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

Fairbanks-Morse	H-10-44 H-12-44 H-12-44TS H-12-46

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Lima-Hamilton	LS-750 LS-800 LS-1000 LS-1200

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