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{{Short description|Model of 1500 hp American diesel switching locomotive}}
{{Short description|Model of 1500 hp American diesel switching locomotive}}
{{Infobox locomotive
{{Infobox locomotive
| name= EMD SW1500
| name = EMD SW1500
| powertype= Diesel
| powertype = Diesel
| gauge={{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| image= metra4sw1500.jpg
| image = metra4sw1500.jpg
| caption=[[Metra|NIRC]] 4 performs switching duties near Chicago's Union Station.
| caption = [[Metra|NIRC]] 4 performs switching duties near [[Chicago Union Station]]
| builder= [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)
| builder = [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)
| aarwheels= B-B
| aarwheels = B-B
| cylindercount= 12
| cylindercount = 12
| primemover= [[EMD 645]]
| primemover = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] [[EMD 645|12-645E]]
| builddate=June 1966 to January 1974
| builddate = June 1966 to January 1974
| totalproduction=808
| totalproduction = 808
| locale=[[North America]] [[South America]]
| locale = [[North America]] [[South America]]
| poweroutput= {{convert|1500|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| poweroutput = {{convert|1500|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| maxspeed=
| maxspeed =
| locoweight= {{convert|248000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| locoweight = {{convert|248000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| tractiveeffort=
| tractiveeffort =
| length= {{convert|44|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|44|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| enginetype=[[V12 engine|V12]] [[two-stroke diesel engine|2-stroke diesel]]
| enginetype = [[V12 engine|V12]] [[two-stroke diesel engine|2-stroke diesel]]
| aspiration=[[Roots type supercharger|Roots blower]]
| aspiration = [[Roots type supercharger|Roots blower]]
| cylindersize= {{convert|9.0625|x|10|in|mm|1|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| cylindersize = {{convert|9.0625|x|10|in|mm|1|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| displacement= {{convert|9072|in3|L|0|abbr=on}}
| displacement = {{convert|9072|in3|L|0|abbr=on}}
| tractionmotors=D77/78DC
| tractionmotors = D77/78DC
| generator=Main: D32
| generator = Main: D32
| transmission= [[Diesel-electric]]
| transmission = [[Diesel-electric]]
| locobrakes= [[Railway air brake|Straight air]]
| locobrakes = [[Railway air brake|Straight air]]
| trainbrakes= [[Railway air brake|Air]]
| trainbrakes = [[Railway air brake|Air]]
| buildmodel=SW1500
| buildmodel = SW1500
}}
}}
The '''EMD SW1500''' is a {{convert|1500|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[diesel locomotive|Diesel-electric locomotive]] intended for [[switcher|switching]] service and built by [[General Motors]]' [[Electro-Motive Division]] from 1966 to 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Solomon|first=Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tigVDAAAQBAJ&dq=sw1500+vs+sw1200+size&pg=PA43|title=Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock|date=2016-06-15|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4997-7|language=en}}</ref> The SW1500 replaced the [[EMD SW1200|SW1200]] in the EMD product line. Many railroads regularly used SW1500s for road freight service.<ref name=":0" />
The '''EMD SW1500''' is a {{convert|1500|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[diesel-electric powertrain|diesel-electric]] [[switcher locomotive]] built by [[General Motors]]' [[Electro-Motive Division]] from 1966 to 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Solomon|first=Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tigVDAAAQBAJ&dq=sw1500+vs+sw1200+size&pg=PA43|title=Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock|date=2016-06-15|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4997-7|language=en}}</ref> The SW1500 replaced the [[EMD SW1200|SW1200]] in the EMD product line. Many railroads regularly used SW1500s for road freight service.<ref name=":0" />


It is similar in appearance to the [[EMD SW1000]] model which has a different engine and has one exhaust stack while the SW1500 has two.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Gerald L. |title=A field guide to trains of North America |date=1996 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |isbn=0-395-70112-0 |pages=11,16}}</ref>
It is similar in appearance to the [[EMD SW1000]] model which has a different engine and has one exhaust stack while the SW1500 has two.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Gerald L. |title=A field guide to trains of North America |date=1996 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |isbn=0-395-70112-0 |pages=11, 16}}</ref>


== Original Owners ==
== Original owners ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#909060" | Domestic (US/Export) orders
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#909060" | Domestic (US/Export) orders
Line 64: Line 64:
|1
|1
|1500
|1500
|-align="center"
|Armco Steel
|5
|701-705
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Belt Railway of Chicago]]
|[[Belt Railway of Chicago]]
Line 103: Line 99:
|[[Great Northern Railway (US)|Great Northern Railway]]
|[[Great Northern Railway (US)|Great Northern Railway]]
|10
|10
|200–209
|200-209
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Houston Belt and Terminal Railway]]
|[[Houston Belt and Terminal Railway]]
|6
|6
|50–55
|50-55
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|Howe Coal
|Howe Coal
Line 115: Line 111:
|[[Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad]]
|[[Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad]]
|27
|27
|9200–9221, 9223–9227
|9200-9221, 9223-9227
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Illinois Terminal Railroad]]
|[[Illinois Terminal Railroad]]
Line 127: Line 123:
|Inland Steel
|Inland Steel
|7
|7
|119–125
|119-125
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Kansas City Southern Railway]]
|[[Kansas City Southern Railway]]
Line 135: Line 131:
|[[Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad]]
|[[Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad]]
|16
|16
|67–83
|67-83
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad]]
|[[Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad]]
Line 159: Line 155:
|[[Minnesota Transfer Railway]]
|[[Minnesota Transfer Railway]]
|7
|7
|300–306
|300-306
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Mississippi Export Railroad]]
|[[Mississippi Export Railroad]]
Line 167: Line 163:
|[[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad]]
|[[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad]]
|6
|6
|50–55
|50-55
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Missouri Pacific Railroad]]
|[[Missouri Pacific Railroad]]
Line 195: Line 191:
|[[Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad]]
|[[Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad]]
|9
|9
|1-8,91
|1–8, 91
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Rock Island]]
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Rock Island]]
Line 203: Line 199:
|[[Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway]]
|[[Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway]]
|2
|2
|500,600
|500, 600
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|St. Mary's Railroad
|St. Mary's Railroad
Line 239: Line 235:
|[[Terminal Railroad Alabama State Docks]]
|[[Terminal Railroad Alabama State Docks]]
|2
|2
|681,682
|681, 682
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis]]
|[[Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis]]
Line 276: Line 272:
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#909060" | Export orders
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#909060" | Export orders
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|[[Amapá Railway]], Brazil
|[[Estrada de Ferro do Amapá|Amapá Railway]], [[Brazil]]
|1
|1
|5
|5
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!Total !! 808 !!
!Total !! 808 !!
|}
|}

== Preservation ==

* [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] #1100 (built 1970 as L&N #5000) is preserved and operational at the [[Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation]] in [[Irvine, Kentucky]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Steam Heritage Equipment |url=https://www.kentuckysteam.org/equipment |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Kentucky Steam |language=en}}</ref>
* CSX #1103 (built 1970 as L&N #5003) is preserved and operational at the [[Kentucky Railway Museum]] in [[New Haven, Kentucky]]<ref name=":1" />
* Western Pacific #1503 (built 1970) is preserved and operational at the [[Western Pacific Railroad Museum]] in [[Portola, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Pacific 1503 |url=https://tour.wplives.org/WP1503/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=tour.wplives.org}}</ref> It was donated to the museum by [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] in 2011, and restored to its original paint scheme in 2019.
* [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|Wisconsin Central]] #1563 (built 1971) is preserved and operational at the [[National Railroad Museum]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]. It was donated to the museum by [[Canadian National Railway|Canadian National]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-17 |title=CN donates locomotive to Green Bay museum {{!}} Trains Magazine |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/13-cn-donates-locomotive-to-green-bay-museum/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Trains |language=en-US}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 19:38, 11 March 2024

EMD SW1500
NIRC 4 performs switching duties near Chicago Union Station
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
ModelSW1500
Build dateJune 1966 to January 1974
Total produced808
Specifications
Configuration:
​
 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length44 ft 8 in (13.61 m)
Loco weight248,000 lb (112,491 kg)
Prime moverEMD 12-645E
Engine typeV12 2-stroke diesel
AspirationRoots blower
Displacement9,072 in3 (149 L)
GeneratorMain: D32
Traction motorsD77/78DC
Cylinders12
Cylinder size9.0625 in × 10 in
(230.2 mm × 254.0 mm)
TransmissionDiesel-electric
Loco brakeStraight air
Train brakesAir
Performance figures
Power output1,500 hp (1,119 kW)
Career
LocaleNorth America South America

The EMD SW1500 is a 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division from 1966 to 1974.[1] The SW1500 replaced the SW1200 in the EMD product line. Many railroads regularly used SW1500s for road freight service.[1]

It is similar in appearance to the EMD SW1000 model which has a different engine and has one exhaust stack while the SW1500 has two.[1][2]

Original owners[edit]

Domestic (US/Export) orders
Railroad Quantity Road numbers
Alton and Southern Railway 18 1500–1517
Alcoa Terminal Railroad 1 9
Apalachicola Northern Railroad 8 712–719
Armco Steel 5 701–705
Ashley, Drew and Northern Railroad 1 150
Angelina and Neches River Railroad 1 1500
Belt Railway of Chicago 3 530–532
Burlington Northern Railroad 15 310–324
Cambria and Indiana Railroad 2 15, 16
Chattahoochee Valley Railway 1 101
Chicago Short Line Railroad 2 30, 31
General Motors Electro-Motive Division 9 106–114
Georgia Power 5 1401–1402, 1405, 1503–1504
W.R. Grace Chemical 2 101, 102
Great Northern Railway 10 200–209
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway 6 50–55
Howe Coal 2 1, 2
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 27 9200–9221, 9223–9227
Illinois Terminal Railroad 7 1509–1515
Indianapolis Union Railway 5 24, 26, 30–32
Inland Steel 7 119–125
Kansas City Southern Railway 42 1500–1541
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad 16 67–83
Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad 2 23, 24
Longview, Portland and Northern Railway 1 130
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 30 5000–5029
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway 2 36–37
Minnesota Taconite US Steel 6 949–954
Minnesota Transfer Railway 7 300–306
Mississippi Export Railroad 1 64
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 6 50–55
Missouri Pacific Railroad 4 1518–1521
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad 3 151–153
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad 2 160, 161
Penn Central 84 9500–9583
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 40 1534–1563, 9280–9289
Reading Railroad 21 2750–2770
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 9 1–8, 91
Rock Island 10 940–949
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway 2 500, 600
St. Mary's Railroad 1 503
Sandersville Railroad 2 100,300
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway 46 315–360
Southern Railway 48 2300–2347
Southern Pacific Railroad 204 2450–2480, 2493–2510, 2523–2578, 2591–2689
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 36 2481–2492, 2511–2522, 2579–2590
Tennessee Copper 1 108
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
(Eastman Kodak) 		1 1
Terminal Railroad Alabama State Docks 2 681, 682
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 17 1501–1517
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad 4 303–306
Union Railroad 9 1–9
U S Pipe and Foundry 4 51–54
Vermont Railway 1 501
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. 2 306, 307
Winifrede Railroad 1 13
Western Pacific Railroad 3 1501–1503
Export orders
Amapá Railway, Brazil 1 5
Total 808

Preservation[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Solomon, Brian (2016-06-15). Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4997-7.
  2. ^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 11, 16. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
  3. ^ a b "Kentucky Steam Heritage Equipment". Kentucky Steam. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ^ "Western Pacific 1503". tour.wplives.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "CN donates locomotive to Green Bay museum | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  • Dover, Dan (January–February 1974). "808 SW1500's". Extra 2200 South: 22–24.
  • GATX Rail Locomotive Group. "SW1500". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2005.
  • Hayden, Bob, ed. (1980). Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-547-9.
  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

External links[edit]

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