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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]

EMD SW1000
BN 440, an SW1000, works in Eola Yard at Aurora, Illinois
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division Model SW1000 Build date June 1966 – October 1972 Total produced 119
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 44 ft 8 in (13.61 m) Engine type EMD 645E Cylinders 8
Performance figures Power output 1,000 hp (750 kW)
Career Locale United States Jamaica Mexico South Korea Canada

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]

Preservation

Around August 2022, Oregon Rail Heritage Center acquired former BNSF SW1000 #3613 (former BN #388). [3]

SW1000 Locomotives as built by EMD

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Altos Hornos de Mexico	2	132, 137
Cementos Anahuac (Mexico)	1	No Number	Transferred to CEMEX acquired Anahuac in 1987[4]
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
Ferrocarril Chihuahua Cellulose (Mexico)	1	1811	to Ferromex
Corn Products International	2	68–69
Cuyahoga Valley Railroad	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
General Motors-Central Foundry Division	1	No Number
Great Lakes Steel Corporation	1	58
Hampton and Branchville	1	120
Houston Belt and Terminal	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

External links

• Media related to EMD SW1000 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives

References

• 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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