- EMD SW1200
Infobox Locomotive
name=EMD SW1200
powertype=Diesel-electric
caption=BN 251 working Eola Yard inAurora, Illinois .
builder=General Motors Electro-Motive Division,General Motors Diesel , Canada
buildmodel=SW1200
gauge=RailGauge|ussg
builddate=January 1954 – May 1966
enginetype=EMD 567C
cylindercount=12
poweroutput=convert|1200|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=on
totalproduction=1,056
locale=North America ,South America
disposition=many scrapped, many still in useAn EMD SW1200 is a dieselswitcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January1954 and May1966 . Power was provided by anEMD 567C 12-cylinder engine which generated 1200horsepower (890 kW). Late SW1200s built in 1966 were built with the 567E 12 cylinder engine.737 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 287 were built for Canadian railroads 4 were built for Brazilian Railroads, 25 were built for a Chilean Industrial firm, and 3 were built for the Panama Canal Railroad.
Original buyers
Units built by Electro-Motive Division, USA
Units built by General Motors Diesel, Canada
References
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Kristopans, Andre J. website http://community-1.webtv.net/ajkristopans/SWITCHERS201Aand567/
Kristopans, Andre J. website http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/GENERALMOTORSDIESEL/
Kristopans, Andre J. website EMD Exports http://community- 2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ANDRESGMLOCOMOTIVE/page2.html
ee also
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EMD LWT12
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