EMD SW1500
| EMD SW1500 | |
|---|---|
Diesel-electric | |
| Loco brake | Straight air |
| Train brakes | Air |
| Performance figures | |
|---|---|
| Power output | 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Locale | North America South America |
The EMD SW1500 is a 1,500 hp (1,119 kW)
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
Preservation
- CSX #1100 (built 1970 as L&N #5000) is preserved and operational at the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in Irvine, Kentucky.[3]
- CSX #1103 (built 1970 as L&N #5003) is preserved and operational at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky[3]
- Western Pacific #1503 (built 1970) is preserved and operational at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California.[4] It was donated to the museum by Union Pacific in 2011, and restored to its original paint scheme in 2019.
- 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 in 2019.[5]
See also
- List of GM-EMD locomotives
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7603-4997-7.
- ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
- ^ a b "Kentucky Steam Heritage Equipment". Kentucky Steam. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Western Pacific 1503". tour.wplives.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "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
Media related to EMD SW1500 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
