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specification:
power:
    600 class:  2,250 hp
    602 class:  2,400 hp
weight:
    600 class:  366,000 lbs
    602 class:  398,000 lbs
   tractive effort:
    600 class:  91,500 lbs
    602 class:  99,500 lbs
engine:
    600 class:  ALCo 16-244G
    602 class:  ALCo 16-244H
   gear ratio:
    600 class:  65:18
    602 class:  74:18
generator:  GE GT586
traction motors:  GE 752
 
roster:
600 class
road
number 		model builder info history disposition
 600:1  RSD7
DL-600 		builder  ALCo11
date:  Dec5368 /
  11Jan5415 / Jan547,13
serial no.:  809607,13,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323211,15
ATSF AFE:  258-5568,
   
delivered:  Apr551,68 ex-DL6001,7:
    • paint  BSAWZ1p,
  repainted:   600:1  BYT251p before Apr6751
 retired:  20Jun6813/Jun681
traded:  to EMD1,4 ???681 for F45
  series1
 601:1  RSD7
DL-600 		builder  ALCo11
date:  Dec5368 /
  24Feb5415 / Feb547,13
serial no.:  810887,13,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323211,15
ATSF AFE:  258-5568,
   
delivered:  Apr551,68 ex-DL6011,7:
    • paint:  BSAWZ1,
  repainted:   601:1  BYT251 before 31Oct6151
 retired:  3Jun6513/Jun651
traded:  to EMD1,4 ???661,4 for SD40
  series1
602 class
road
number 		model builder info history disposition
 602:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  19Oct5515/
  Oct5513
serial no.:  8110613,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
  repainted:   602:1  BYT251 before 31Oct6151,
  assigned to Hobart Yard humpx11 [date] 		retired:  14Mar6913
traded:  to GE1,4 ???691,4 for U33C
  series1
 603:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  21Oct5515/
  Oct5513
serial no.:  8110713,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
 retired:  31Mar6513/Mar651
scrapped:  Mar651,4
 604:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  25Oct5515/
  Oct5513
serial no.:  8110813,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
  repainted:   604:1  BYT251p before Aug6251
 retired:  4Sep6613
traded:  to GE1,4 ???691,4 for U33C
  series1
 605:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  27Oct5515/
  Oct5513
serial no.:  8110913,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
  repainted:   605:1  BYT251p before Feb6451
 retired:  31Mar6513/Mar651
scrapped:  Mar651,4
 606:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  28Oct5515/
  Oct5513
serial no.:  8111013,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
 retired:  2Jul6513
traded:  to GE1,4 ???661,4 for U28CG
  series1
 607:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  31Oct5515/
  Oct5513 / Nov557
serial no.:  8112113,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4,51p
 retired:  31Mar6513/Mar651
scrapped:  Mar651,4
 608:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  1Nov5515/
  Nov557,13
serial no.:  8112213,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
 retired:  14Sep6513
traded:  to EMD1,4 ???661,4 for SD40
  series1
 609:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  4Jan5515/
  Nov557,13
serial no.:  8112313,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4,51p
 retired:  25Mar6913
traded:  to GE1,4 ???691,4 for U33C
  series1
 610:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  8Nov5515/
  Nov557,13
serial no.:  8112413,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4,51p
 retired:  20Sep6513
traded:  to EMD1,4 ???661,4 for SD40
  series1
 611:1  RSD7
DL-600A 		builder  ALCo11
date:  11Nov5515/
  Nov557,13
serial no.:  8112513,15
frame no.: 
order no.:  S323611,15
 delivered:  [date]:
    • paint:  BSAWZ4
 retired:  14Mar6913
traded:  to EMD1,4 ???691,4 for SD45
  series1
 
data references
  1 Joe McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, 1975.
  4 Gregg Fuhriman, private roster data.
  6 Tom Chandler, web ATSF roster information.
  7 John Komanesky, "Motive Power Rosters," www.thedieselshop.us/ALCo_RSD15.HTML.
11 David Dallner, private ATSF roster information.
15 Andy Inserra, web ALCo information.
51 Lloyd E. Stagner, Santa Fe 1940-1971 in Color -- Volume 2:  Kansas City-Albuquerque, 1993.
68 Larry E. Brasher, Santa Fe Diesel Locomotive Development, Railroad Artifact Preservation Society, Inc., 2015.
 
 x11 "Extra 2200 South," issue 11, December 1968.
 
photo references
road
number
 paint photo date source notes
600 BYT2 Apr67 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 91.  
601 BSAWZ
BYT2
 date not given
31Oct61
 McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, p. 133.
Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 119. 		 
602 BYT2
BYT2
 31Oct61
2Apr67
 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 119.
McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, p. 113. 		 
604 BYT2 Aug62 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 125.  
605 BYT2
BYT2
 Feb64
Sep64
 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 123.
Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 100.
  
607 BSAWZ Aug60 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 48.  
609 BSAWZ Jun59 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 58.  
610 BSAWZ Aug60 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 2, p. 48.  
 
abbreviations
ALCo -- American Locomotive Company
 BSAWZ  --ATSF blue with silver/aluminum/white zebra stripes paint
 BYT2  -- ATSF blue with yellow ends ("bookends") paint, large "Santa Fe" logo on long hood
GE -- General Electric
 
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