EMD SW600 | |
Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
Builder: | General Motors Electro-Motive Division |
Buildmodel: | SW600 |
Builddate: | February 1954 - January 1962 |
Primemover: | EMD 6-567C |
Enginetype: | V6 Two-stroke diesel |
Aspiration: | Roots-type supercharger |
Cylindercount: | 6 |
Poweroutput: | 600abbr=onNaNabbr=on) |
Tractiveeffort: | 49500lb |
Totalproduction: | 15 |
Locale: | United States |
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]
15 examples of this model were built for American railroads and industrials.
Road | Quantity | Road number | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
1 | 9 | ||
Philadelphia Electric Company | 1 | 30 | |
1 | 100 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
1 | 15-1 | ||
Total | 15 | ||