EMD SW9
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 Central Illinois Railroad's 1206 (SW9)
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| Number: | SW9: 786 (EMD) plus 29 (GMD) TR5A: 10 TR5B: 12 |
| Manufacturer: | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD, Canada) |
| Year of construction (s): | November 1950 - December 1953 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Number of cylinders: | 12 |
| Motor type: | EMD 567B |
| Motor type: | V12 two-stroke diesel |
The EMD SW9 is a diesel switch engine that was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1950 and December 1953 . Additional SW9s were built by General Motors Diesel in Ontario , Canada , from December 1950 to March 1953. Power was supplied by an EMD 567B 12-cylinder engine with 1200 HP (895 kW). From October 1953 a number of SW9s were built with the 567BC engine, and in December 1953 the Weyerhaeuser 305 was built with a 567C engine.
In addition, ten TR5 - Cow-Calve were produced (eight for the Union Pacific Railroad and two for the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh). With these shunting locomotives used in pairs, the cow had a driver's cab, but the Calve didn't. Union Railroad also bought two TR5B Calves .
A total of 788 examples of this model were built for US railways and 29 for Canadian railways.
First time customer
General Motors Diesel, Canada SW9 locomotives
| Railway company | amount | Train numbers | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National Railways | 10 | 7000-7009 | |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | 6th | 7400-7405 | |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 5 | 5240-5244 | |
| Great Northern Railway | 3 | 14-16 | to Burlington Northern 146-148 |
| Steel Company of Canada | 1 | 70 | |
| Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway | 4th | 55-58 | |
| All in all | 29 |
TR5 locomotives from the Electro-Motive Division, USA
| Railway company | Quantity A units | Quantity of B units | Train numbers A units | Train numbers B units | Remarks |
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| Union Pacific Railroad | 8th | 8th | 1870A-1877A | 1870B-1877B | Shortly after delivery, UP's TR5As were expanded to include dynamic brakes |
| Union Railroad | 2 | 4th | 701-702 | 701C-704C | |
| All in all | 10 | 12 |
SW1000R
In 1994, Amtrak acquired nine SW9s from various railways and had them rebuilt by the National Railway Equipment Company. These shunting locomotives were reclassified to EMD SW1000R.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GoByTrain.us> Loco Guide> Amtrak> Notes. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .