The 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]

EMD SW600
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division
ModelSW600
Build dateFebruary 1954 – January 1962
Total produced15
Specifications
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Prime moverEMD 6-567C
Engine typeV6 Two-stroke diesel
AspirationRoots-type supercharger
Cylinders6
Performance figures
Power output600 hp (450 kW))
Tractive effort49,500 lb (22,500 kg)
Career
LocaleUnited States

Original owners edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 10, 14. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.