Baldwin VO-660

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" features Long 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 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. Only two intact examples of the VO-660 are known to survive today, one of which was by the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum to SMS Lines to be repaired and put back into operation. The other is Pickens 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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