Baldwin DT6-6-2000


    this BALDWIN workhorse is another BALDWIN FIRST
    		 this BALDWIN "workhorse" is another BALDWIN "FIRST"

    Number 100 was the prototype for the DT6-6-2000. It was build to the specifications of the EJ&E and placed in service on May 13, 1946.
    - weight 363,300 lbs.
    - length 70’-6”
    - starting tractive effort 108,000 lbs.
    - cost $173,000
    Unlike production DT6-6-2000 units #100 was powered by twin 608NA diesels and had no crossover walkways at each end.
    A production demonstrator was built in 1948. It was numbered 2000, painted gray and two-tone blue and nicknamed “Bluebird”.


    Original Owner Roster

    qty. railroad road number date built build number notes
    1 Prototype
    built for EJ&E    		 100 5/46 72831 608NA engines
    no front and rear decks
    see above.
    1 Baldwin Demo 2000 12/48 73980 606SC engines
    to ATSF as #2606, 3/50
    6 ATSF 2600-2605 '48 & '49 73748
    74434-74438    		 traded to GE
    1 St.Louis Southwestern 260 5/48 73532 -
    4 Duluth South Shore
    & Atlantic    		 300-303 '49 & '50 74668-74670
    74672    		 to SOO
    26 EJ&E
    		 101-126 '48 & '50 73709-73733
    74671    		 -
    5 Minneapolis Northfield
    & Southern    		 20-24 '48 & '49 74137-74141
    		 Scrapped except #21 donated to Illinois Railroad Museum
    2 Trona Railway
    		 50-51 '49 74123 & 74124 to Peabody Coal Co. 1973, scrapped 1977


    Data

    Years Produced: 1946,1948-1950
    Number Produced: 46
    Engine Type: twin 608NA only EJ&E 100
    twin 606SC
    Horse Power: 2000 (total)


    Examples

    Trona 51
    photo credit: Vernon Ryder, Jr., collection of Mark Laundry
    Trona 51, at Lenzburg, Il., after being sold to Peabody Coal.
    Nov. 10, 1973

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