Baldwin VO-1000
Baldwin VO-1000 | |
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Electric | |
Loco brake | Straight air |
Train brakes | Air |
Performance figures | |
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Power output | 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
Tractive effort | 59,065–60,550 lbf (262.7–269.3 kN) |
Career | |
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Locale | North America |
Disposition | 10 Preserved, remainder scrapped |
The Baldwin VO-1000 is a
Between June and August 1945 Baldwin supplied 30
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.
Conversions
In the early 1960s the Reading Company sent 14 of their VO-1000s to General Motors Electro-Motive Division to have them rebuilt to SW900 specifications. These locomotives retained most of their original carbodies, and were subsequently given the designation VO-1000m.
Around the same time, the
The
In December 1970 the
Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators) | 2 |
307, 332 |
to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway 30–31 |
1 |
333 |
to Central of Georgia Railway 22 | |
1 |
334 |
to Minneapolis and St. Louis D-340 | |
American Steel and Wire Company |
1 |
12 |
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 59 |
2201–2259 |
|
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | 9 |
606–609, 616, 617, 619, 621, 623 |
Renumbered 10–18 |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 25 |
413–437 |
Renumbered 9200–9224 at random |
Belt Railway of Chicago | 2 |
401–402 |
|
Canton Railroad | 2 |
30–31 |
to Patapsco & Back Rivers 331–332 |
Central of Georgia Railway | 2 |
26, 27 |
|
Central Railroad of New Jersey | 5 |
1062–1066 |
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | 30 |
9350–9379 |
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”) |
12 |
1680–1691 |
Renumbered 928–939 |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | 5 |
760–764 |
|
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”) | 3 |
87–89 |
Re-engined by EMD in 1958 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
12 |
1024, 1037–1047 |
|
Colorado and Wyoming Railway | 3 |
1107–1109 |
|
Chicago Short Line Railway | 3 |
100–102 |
|
Defense Plant Corporation (Carbon County Railway) | 2 |
262-1, 262-2 |
to Columbia-Geneva Steel Division, US Steel #36–37 |
Detroit Terminal Railroad | 2 |
101–102 |
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | 10 |
475–484 |
|
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad | 1 |
100 |
|
Great Northern Railway | 10 |
5332–5335, 139–144 |
5332–5335 Renumbered 132–138 |
Iowa Ordnance Plant | 1 |
1-120 |
to US War Department 7275 |
Bingham and Garfield Railway ) |
2 |
801, 803 |
|
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal | 4 |
44–47 |
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad | 5 |
135–139 |
|
Litchfield and Madison Railway | 1 |
100 |
to C&NW #86; rebuilt by EMD |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 9 |
2202–2210 |
|
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad | 1 |
1000 |
to SAL 1492; to SCL 84 |
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | 1 |
D-145 |
Renumbered 103 |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | 1 |
310 |
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad | 6 |
9103, 9117–9119, 9198, 9199 |
|
International-Great Northern Railroad ) |
3 |
9150–9152 |
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway) | 5 |
9153–9155, 9160, 9161 |
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | 6 |
15, 30–34 |
|
New York Central Railroad | 8 |
8600–8607 |
renumbered 9300–9307 |
Northern Pacific Railway | 28 |
108–109, 111–112, 119–124, 153–154, 159–174 |
Renumbered 400–427 (not in order) |
Oliver Iron Mining Company | 15 |
907–915, 918, 919, 922 |
|
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad | 4 |
70–73 |
Renumbered 326–329 |
Pennsylvania Railroad | 8 |
5913–5920 |
|
Phelps Dodge Corporation |
2 |
9, 10 |
|
Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad | 2 |
251, 252 |
to Patapsco & Back Rivers 328, 330 |
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway | 1 |
30 |
to Patapsco & Back Rivers 355 |
Reading Company | 24 |
55–59, 71–89 |
|
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (“Frisco”) |
38 |
200–237 |
Repowered with EMD 567 prime mover |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (“Cotton Belt”) | 23 |
1000–1022 |
1007 to Texas South-Eastern |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | 7 |
1400–1402, 1413–1416 |
to Seaboard Coast Line 28–30; 37–40 |
Southern Pacific Company |
25 |
1320–1329, 1371–1385 |
|
Southern Railway | 1 |
DS-2205 |
later renumbered 2205, with no "DS" prefix |
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | 5 |
30-34 |
|
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company | 4 |
800–803 |
|
Tennessee Eastman Corporation | 1 |
4 |
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | 11 |
591–601 |
|
Union Pacific Railroad | 6 |
1055–1060 |
|
Union Railroad |
6 |
500–505 |
500,501,505 to Patapsco & Back Rivers Railway; 502 to Universal Iron & Steel; 505 to URR Tack & Maintenance 504; 503=? |
United States Navy | 40 |
varied by location |
|
United States Department of War | 26 |
7126–7130, 7137–7140, 7143, 7225–7227, 7453–7457, 7461–7464, V-1800, V-1801 |
|
Wabash Railroad | 4 |
300–303 |
|
Western Maryland Railway | 5 |
128–132 |
|
Western Pacific Railroad | 5 |
581–585 |
|
Western Railway of Alabama | 4 |
621–624 |
|
Total | 548 |
Preserved examples
- Bridgeport, NJ. (ex-USN #19)
- BOMX #32 is preserved at the Baltimore, MD. (ex-Canton Railroad Company #32, exx-Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad#331)
- Dallas, TX.
- Chattanooga, TN. However this engine never served "The Dixie Line", this one served the United States Navy
- Noblesville, IN. (ex-USN #9) According to unconfirmed reports this locomotive was to be sold to the city of Kokomo, Indiana for static display but the deal was never finalized.
- NNRM (Kennecott Copper) #801 is operational at Nevada Northern Ry Ely, NV.
- OERM #8 is preserved at the Perris, CA.
- WMRY #132 is preserved at the Hagerstown, MD.
- BLW #1200 is preserved at the Strasburg, PA.
SLSF 200 (repowered with an EMD 567C engine and equipped with an EMD SW1200 hood) is preserved at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga.
References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co. pp. 228–291. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.