railroad.wikisort.org - TrainAn EMD SW600 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 6-cylinder engine, which generated 600 horsepower (450 kW).[1]
American diesel switcher locomotive
EMD SW600 |
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Power type | Diesel-electric |
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Builder | General Motors Electro-Motive Division |
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Model | SW600 |
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Build date | February 1954 – January 1962 |
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Total produced | 15 |
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Specifications |
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Gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Prime mover | EMD 567C |
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Engine type | Two-stroke diesel |
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Aspiration | Roots-type supercharger |
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Cylinders | 6 |
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Performance figures |
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Power output | 600 hp (450 kW)) |
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Career |
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Locale | United States |
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Original owners
15 examples of this model were built for American railroads and industrials.
Road | Quantity | Road number | Notes |
McLouth Steel | 2 | 8–9 | |
Northern Indiana Public Service Company | 1 | 4 | |
Chicago and North Western Railway | 2 | 1280–1281 | |
Detroit Edison Company | 1 | 213 | |
Texas Company (“Texaco”) | 1 | 23 | |
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company | 1 | 512 | |
Shell Oil Company | 1 | 9 | |
Gulf Oil Company | 1 | 9 | |
Philadelphia Electric Company | 1 | 30 | |
Clinchfield Coal Company | 1 | 100 | |
Marathon Southern Corporation | 1 | 1 | |
Arizona Public Service Company | 1 | 1 | |
Public Service Company of Colorado | 1 | 15-1 | |
Total | 15 | | |
See also
List of GM-EMD locomotives
References
- Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 10, 14. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
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Baldwin | |
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Fairbanks-Morse | |
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GE |
- 60-ton boxcab
- 100-ton boxcab
- 600-hp centercab
- 1000-hp centercab
- DEY-2
- EN-6
- 25-ton
- 35-ton
- 43-ton
- 44-ton
- 45-ton
- 50-ton
- 60-ton
- 65-ton
- 70-ton
- 80-ton
- 95-ton
- 100-ton
- 110-ton
- 125-ton
- 126-ton
- 128-ton
- 1800-hp transfer
- 2000-hp transfer
- U5B
- U6B
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GM/EMD | |
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Lima-Hamilton | |
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National Railway Equipment | |
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