The Baldwin DRS-4-4-1000 was a diesel-electric

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produced by the

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from July 1948–March 1950. The units featured a , six-cylinder

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, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle

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Type-B road

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, with all axles powered. They had a cast steel frame. The units were configured to normally run with the long hood in the forward position. Only 9 were built for American railroads, with another 13 manufactured in January and February 1949 by the Canadian Locomotive Company for the

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, the first railroad in

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to dieselize its locomotive fleet. The DRS-4-4-1000 was (in most cases) visually indistinguishable from its successor, the RS-12. Only one intact example of the DRS-4-4-1000 is known to exist today (former CPR #8000), and is currently on display in

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Units produced by Baldwin Locomotive Works (1948–1950)

Units produced by the Canadian Locomotive Company (1949)

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Baldwin DRS4-4-1000 & RS-12 Roster

Preserved Baldwin and Lima Locomotives
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