EMD SW1000
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The EMD SW1000 is a model of 4-axle diesel switcher locomotives 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
[edit]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]
A total of 114 EMD SW1000s were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States. One was exported to Jamaica for a mining operation and four were exported to industrial operators in Mexico.
As at January 2014, two EMD SW1000s are operated by Via Rail at its Montreal Maintenance Centre.[2]
Preservation
[edit]Around August 2022, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center acquired former BNSF SW1000 #3613 (former BN #388).[3]
SW1000 Locomotives as built by EMD
[edit]External links
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Media related to EMD SW1000 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Locomotives - SW1000 (switcher)". ViaRail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Burlington Northern EMD SW1000 Saved in Oregon". Railfan & Railroad. 11 August 2022.
- ^ "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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