EMD SW1000

For the EMD SW1000R, see EMD SW9.

EMD SW1000
BN 440, an SW1000, works in Eola Yard at Aurora, Illinois
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division Model SW1000 Build date June 1966 – October 1972 Total produced 119
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 44 ft 8 in (13.61 m) Engine type EMD 645E Cylinders 8
Performance figures Power output 1,000 hp (750 kW)
Career Locale United States Jamaica Mexico South Korea

An EMD SW1000 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches (13.61 m).

114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States. One unit was exported to Jamaica for a mining operation and 4 units were exported to industrial operators in Mexico.

Currently 2 EMD SW1000 units are owned and operated by VIA Rail Canada in the Montreal Maintenance Centre.

SW1000 Locomotives as built by EMD

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Altos Hornos de Mexico	2	132, 137
Cementos Anahuac (Mexico)	1	No Number	Transferred to CEMEX acquired Anahuac in 1987
Appalachian Power	1	1	Now owned by Roanoke Chapter NRHS.
Armco Steel	1	B81
Birmingham Southern Railroad	8	10-17	15 to 17 scrapped 1973; 13 became 213 and sold to Watco, Inc.
Burlington Northern	43	375-394, 427-449	#442 rebuilt without cab; transferred to BNSF with one sold to GATX Rail Locomotive Group
Chicago Burlington and Quincy	12	9310-9321	to Burlington Northern 574-585
Ferrocarril Chihuahua Cellulose (Mexico)	1	1811	to Ferromex
Corn Products International	2	68–69
Cuyahoga Valley Railroad	1	1050
Denver and Rio Grande	10	140-149
Detroit Edison	1	216
Duluth and Northeastern	1	35	to Cloquet Terminal Railroad
Eastman Kodak	1	8
E I DuPont Nemours and Company	2	106-107
General Motors-Central Foundry Division	1	No Number
Great Lakes Steel	1	58
Hampton and Branchville	1	120
Houston Belt and Terminal	3	40-42
Inland Steel	4	115-118	2 sold to Via Rail
Jones and Laughlin Steel	2	102–103
Kaiser Bauxite (Jamaica)	1	5109
Mobil Chemical	1	2
New Orleans Public Belt	6	101-106
Public Service Company of Indiana	1	1
Wisconsin Electric Power	1	No Number
Youngstown Sheet and Tube	10	905-914
Total	119

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives

References

• Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.
• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
• Diesel Era Volume 3 Number 1 January/February 1992 pp37–49