EMD SW900

EMD SW900

Infobox Locomotive
name=EMD SW900
powertype = Diesel-electric


caption=A pair of Southern Railway of British Columbia SW900s
builder=General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division (EMD); General Motors Diesel (GMD), Canada
buildmodel=SW900
builddate=December 1953 – March 1969
totalproduction=EMD: 274; GMD: 97
primemover = EMD 567C
enginetype = Two-stroke diesel
aspiration = Roots-type supercharger
cylindercount = 8
poweroutput = convert|900|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on
locale = North America South America Africa
An EMD SW900 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel Division between December 1953 and March 1969. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 8-cylinder engine that generated 900 horsepower (670 kW). Built concurrently with SW1200, the eight cylinder units had a single exhaust stack.

260 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads and 97 were built for Canadian railroads. Canadian production of the SW900 lasted three and a half years past EMD production. Seven units were exported to Orinoco Mining Co (Venezuela); two units were exported to Southern Peru Copper Co; and five units were exported to the Liberian-American Mining Co. Total production is 371 units.

In the early 1960s, the Reading Company sent 14 of their Baldwin VO 1000 model switchers to EMD to have them rebuilt to SW900 specifications.

Original buyers

Built by Electro-Motive Division, USA

Built by General Motors Diesel, Canada

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