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BALDWIN LOCOMOVTIVES |
 One-thousand-Horsepower Diesel-Electric Locomotive Built by The Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925. |
The weight of the loco- motive is approximately 212,000 pounds and the tractive force at 30 percent adhesion is rated at 63,600 pounds. Locomotive number 62,- 000 has now been in serv- ice for several years on the lines of the Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe. |
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Baldwin had acquired the De La Vergne En- gine Company which had a record of 40 years experience in building solid-injection Diesel engines, therefore, De La Vergne was called upon to furnish the prime mover. This is a Model VO, four-cycle, six-cylinder Diesel, direct connected with the main and auxiliary generators. A feature of the design is the mounting of engine, main and auxiliary generators, engine radiators, cooling fans and traction motor blower on a common sub-base, thus assuring accurate alignment. The sub-base is an inte- gral steel casting mounted on bolting lugs which are a part of the main underframe of the locomotive. The underframe is an integral steel casting with which are incorporated a 500-gallon oil tank, storage battery compart- ment, sand boxes, cab steps, traction motor air ducts, and housings for draft gears and truck center pins. The wheel arrangement consists of two four-wheeled swivel trucks having integral cast-steel frames, with which are incorporated air passages for cooling the traction motors which are mounted on all four axles. The rolled-steel wheels are 40 inches in diameter and the journals are equipped with roller bearings. |
omotives, built in 1937, are now serving the New Orleans Public Belt. They are used prin- cipally in flat yard and industrial switching, but they also operate in transfer service across the Mississippi River Bridge at New Orleans, the approaches to which have grades of 1.25 per cent for a distance of 2.4 miles at each end of the bridge. When handling heavy ton- nage over the bridge, two of the locomotives are coupled together, thus providing 1,800 hp. controlled from one cab. The total weight of each locomotive is 246,- 000 pounds and the tractive effort at 30 per cent adhesion is rated at 73,800 pounds. The hourly rating is 40,000 pounds at a speed of 5.77 miles an hour, while the continuous rat- ing is 29,500 pounds at 8.94 m.p.h. Each locomotive is carried on two four- wheeled trucks having frames of one-piece steel castings. Air passages through the center pin and bolster provide air for cooling the traction motors. The main locomotive frame is a one-piece steel casting which incorporates fuel tank, bat- tery compartment, sand boxes, air ducts and draft gear pockets. |
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The operators cab is lo- cated at the rear of the lo- comotive and the narrow hood allows adequate visi- bility along both right and left hand sides. The engine hood is of steel plate, having removable top with sliding hatches and removable hinged doors alongside the engine and generator. |
 Baldwin Locomotive Number 61,000, a 1000-Horsepower Diesel-Electric Switcher Built in 1929. |