The Baldwin VO-1000 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between January 1939 and December 1946. These units were powered by a naturally aspirated eight-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of two-axle trucks in a B-B wheel arrangement. These were either the AAR Type-A switcher trucks, or the Batz truck originally developed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a leading truck for steam locomotives. 548 examples of this model were built for American railroads, including examples for the Army and Navy.
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Power type | Diesel-electric |
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Builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Model | VO-1000 |
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Build date | January 1939 – December 1946 |
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Total produced | 548 |
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Power output | 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
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Tractive effort | 59,065–60,550 lbf (262.7–269.3 kN) |
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Locale | North America |
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Disposition | 10 Preserved, remainder scrapped |
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Between June and August 1945 Baldwin supplied 30 Co-Co road locomotives with 8-cylinder VO engines for export to the Soviet Union as their Дб20 (Db20) class.
There are at least eight intact examples of the VO-1000 that are known to survive today, most of which are owned by museums or historical societies. However, a VO-1000m is owned by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, a local freight carrier based in Schellville, California.