- Baldwin VO-660
Infobox Locomotive Auto
name=Baldwin VO-660
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg
caption=St. Louis-San Francisco Railway ("Frisco Lines") #600, a Baldwin VO-660, is seen here in a 1942 builder's photo.
caption2 =A print advertisement for Baldwin Diesels from the May 25, 1946 issue of "Railway Age " featuresLong Island Rail Road # 403, a Baldwin Model VO-660 locomotive.
builder=blw
aarwheels=B-B
cylindercount=Straight-6
primemover=De La Verne VO
builddate=April 1939 – May 1946
totalproduction=142
locale=North America ,Cuba
poweroutput=convert|660|hp|abbr=on|lk=on
topspeed=
weight=197,520–203,980 lb
(89,600–92,500 kg)
tractiveeffort=49,380–50,995 lbf
(220–227 kN)
length=convert|48|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on
enginetype=Four-stroke diesel
aspiration=Normally aspirated, solid fuel injection
cylindersize=12¾ × 15½ in
(324 × 394 mm)
displacement=convert|1979|cuin|l|abbr=on|lk=on per cylinder
convert|11874|cuin|l|abbr=on total
transmission=DC generator,
DC traction motors
locobrakes=Straight air
trainbrakes=Air
buildmodel=VO-660
rpmrange=625 rpm max.The Baldwin VO-660 was a
diesel-electric locomotive switcher locomotive built byBaldwin Locomotive Works between April, 1939 and May, 1946. The 197,520–203,980 lb (89,600–92,500kg ) units were powered by a six-cylinder dieselengine rated at 660horsepower (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 theUnited 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. Only two intact examples of the VO-660 are known to survive today, one of which was by theAltoona Railroaders Memorial Museum toSMS Lines to be repaired and put back into operation. The other isPickens Railway #2, built in 1946.Units produced
References
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External links
* [http://thedieselshop.us/BLW_VO660.HTML Baldwin VO-660 Roster]
* [http://thedieselshop.us/BLWdemo.HTML BLW Demonstrators, Prototypes and Test Beds]
* [http://www.geocities.com/wbd641/CKDPrahaBaldwin.html CKD Praha 6S310DR diesel engine, and the Baldwin VO and 600 series engines]
* [http://yardlimit.railfan.net/baldwin/existing-vo/ Existing Baldwin VO Model Units]
* [http://thedieselshop.us/PRSVDbaldwin.HTML Preserved Baldwin and Lima Locomotives]
* [http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=bs-6_E425018k.gif&sel=die&sz=sm&fr= PRR Diesel Locomotive diagrams: Baldwin VO-660]
* [http://users.inna.net/~jaydeet/vo-660.htm VO-660 — Original Owners]
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