EMD SW1000

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EMD SW1000
BN 440 19920900 IL Eola.jpg
BN 440, an SW1000, works in Eola Yard at Aurora, Illinois
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division
ModelSW1000
Build dateJune 1966 – October 1972
Total produced119
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length44 ft 8 in (13.61 m)
Engine typeEMD 645E
Cylinders8
Performance figures
Power output1,000 hp (750 kW)
Career
LocaleUnited States Jamaica Mexico South Korea Canada

An EMD SW1000 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches (13.61 m).[1] Over one-third of SW1000 production went to the Burlington Northern Railroad.[1]

History[]

The SW1000 was taller than previous EMD switchers, which posed a problem for industrial customers: at many facilities, tight clearances existed, and the SW1000 exceeded them. As a result, most production went to railroads, not industries. EMD corrected this problem with the SW1001, which was an SW1000 with its height and walkways lowered for better clearance.[1]

114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States. One unit was exported to Jamaica for a mining operation and 4 units were exported to industrial operators in Mexico.

Currently 2 EMD SW1000 units are owned and operated by VIA Rail Canada in the Montreal Maintenance Centre.[2]

SW1000 Locomotives as built by EMD[]

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Altos Hornos de Mexico 2 132, 137
(Mexico) 1 No Number Transferred to CEMEX acquired Anahuac in 1987[3]
Appalachian Power 1 1 Now owned by Roanoke Chapter NRHS.
Armco Steel 1 B81
Birmingham Southern Railroad 8 10-17 15 to 17 scrapped 1973; 13 became 213 and sold to Watco, Inc.
Burlington Northern 43 375-394, 427-449 #442 rebuilt without cab; transferred to BNSF with one sold to GATX Rail Locomotive Group
Chicago Burlington and Quincy 12 9310-9321 to Burlington Northern 574-585
(Mexico) 1 1811 to Ferromex
Corn Products International 2 68–69
1 1050
Denver and Rio Grande 10 140-149
Detroit Edison 1 216
Duluth and Northeastern 1 35 to Cloquet Terminal Railroad
Eastman Kodak 1 8
E I DuPont Nemours and Company 2 106-107
1 No Number
1 58
1 120
3 40-42
Inland Steel 4 115-118 All sold to Via Rail
Jones and Laughlin Steel 2 102–103
Kaiser Bauxite (Jamaica) 1 5109
Mobil Chemical 1 2
New Orleans Public Belt 6 101-106
Public Service Company of Indiana 1 1
Wisconsin Electric Power 1 No Number
Youngstown Sheet and Tube 10 905-914
Total 119

See also[]

  • List of GM-EMD locomotives

References[]

  1. ^ a b c McDonnell, Greg (2002). Field guide to modern diesel locomotives. Waukesha, Wisc.: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 92–94. ISBN 0-89024-607-6. OCLC 50411517.
  2. ^ "Locomotives - SW1000 (switcher)". ViaRail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Our History | CEMEX UAE".
  • Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.
  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
  • Diesel Era Volume 3 Number 1 January/February 1992 pp37–49
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