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The Baldwin 0-6-6-0-1000/1DE is a cab unit diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1945. The 0-6-6-0-1000/1DEs were powered by an eight-
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rated at , and rode on a pair of three-axle trucks in a C-C wheel arrangement. 30 of these models were built for
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, as Class Дб (Class Db).


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The Museum of the Moscow Railway The Museum of the Moscow Railway is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012. It's the object of cultural heritage of Russia. Ove ...
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Paveletsky Rail Terminal Paveletsky station (russian: Павелецкий вокзал) is one of Moscow's nine main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was named after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading south-east from M ...
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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
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Rizhsky Rail Terminal Rizhsky station (russian: Рижский вокзал, ''Rizhsky vokzal'', Riga station) is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Museum of the Moscow R ...
, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum *
Varshavsky Rail Terminal Varshavsky station (russian: Варша́вский вокза́л, ''Varshavsky vokzal''), or Warsaw station, is a former passenger railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located to the south of the city centre, and was in operation ...
, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation *
History of rail transport in Russia Russia was and is the largest country in the world. Its geography of north–south rivers and east–west commerce, plus, importantly, the mostly flat terrain, made it very suited to develop railroads as the basic mode of transportation. Today ...


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* * *Extra 2200 South Baldwin Tally part 1 by Dick Will pages 23–24 October November 1970.


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Russian language {{Rolling stock of Russia Дb Дb C-C locomotives Baldwin locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1945 5 ft gauge locomotives