- EMD SW900
Infobox Locomotive
name=EMD SW900
powertype = Diesel-electric
caption=A pair ofSouthern Railway of British Columbia SW900s
builder=General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division (EMD);General Motors Diesel (GMD), Canada
buildmodel=SW900
builddate=December 1953 – March 1969
totalproduction=EMD: 274; GMD: 97
primemover =EMD 567 C
enginetype = Two-stroke diesel
aspiration =Roots-type supercharger
cylindercount = 8
poweroutput = convert|900|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on
locale =North America South America Africa An EMD SW900 is a dieselswitcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel Division between December 1953 and March 1969. Power was provided by anEMD 567C 8-cylinder engine that generated 900horsepower (670 kW). Built concurrently with SW1200, the eight cylinder units had a single exhaust stack.260 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads and 97 were built for Canadian railroads. Canadian production of the SW900 lasted three and a half years past EMD production. Seven units were exported to Orinoco Mining Co (Venezuela); two units were exported to Southern Peru Copper Co; and five units were exported to the Liberian-American Mining Co. Total production is 371 units.
In the early 1960s, the
Reading Company sent 14 of their Baldwin VO 1000 model switchers to EMD to have them rebuilt to SW900 specifications.Original buyers
Built by Electro-Motive Division, USA
Built by General Motors Diesel, Canada
References
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
