EMD SW9
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| Locale | North America |
Illinois Central SW14 No. 1496 is at the fueling racks in Memphis, Tennessee. 1496 was built by EMD in May 1952 as IC SW9 #9469 then renumbered 469. Then it was later converted into an EMD SW14
.The EMD SW9 is a model of diesel
786 examples of this model were built for American railroads and 29 were built for Canadian railroads.[2]
Design and production
The SW9 was EMD's successor to the SW7. Like the SW7, the SW9 retained a power output of 1,200 hp and the same general design. It differed in lacking the upper hood vents found on the SW7, and with the installation of a 567B engine to replace the 567A found in the SW7.[1]
Starting in October 1953 a number of SW9s were built with the 567BC engine. In December 1953, one locomotive, Weyerhaeuser 305, was built with a 567C engine. The 567C was subsequently installed on the SW9's successor, the SW1200.[1]
In addition to the single units produced, ten TR5 cow-calf paired sets were produced (eight for the Union Pacific Railroad, and two for the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh). The Union Railroad also bought an additional two TR5B "calves".[1]
Original buyers
SW9 locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Aliquippa and Southern Railroad |
1 | 1200 | Built with a 567BC engine |
| Apalachicola Northern Railroad | 7 | 705–711 | 710-711 built with 567BC engines |
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway |
1 | 12 | |
| Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway | 1 | 174 | |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 19 | 2420–2438 | 2434-2438 built with 567BC engines |
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | 65 | 652–716 | |
| Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad | 8 | 590–597 | |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 6 | 598–603 | |
| Bauxite and Northern Railway | 1 | 10 | |
| Bellefonte Central Railroad | 1 | 5323 | |
| Belt Railway of Chicago | 4 | 520–523 | |
| Boston and Maine Railroad | 12 | 1220–1231 | |
| Cambria and Indiana Railroad | 8 | 30–37 | |
| Campbell's Creek Railroad | 1 | 13 | |
| Central of Georgia Railway | 10 | 301–310 | |
| Central Railroad of New Jersey | 11 | 1084–1094 | |
| Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | 2 | 802–803 | |
| Chattanooga Traction Company | 1 | 5 | First SW9 built |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 35 | 5080–5093, 5245–5265 | 5092-5093 built with 567BC engines |
| Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad | 1 | 104 | |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
9 | 1101–1105, 1122–1125 | |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | 2 | 9269–9270 | to Burlington Northern 160-161
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | 5 | 775–779 | Built with 567BC engines |
| Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad | 2 | 47–48 | |
| Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad | 2 | 118–119 | |
| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | 10 | 551–560 | |
| Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | 3 | 119–121 | |
| Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway | 15 | 11–25 | |
| Erie Railroad | 7 | 434–440 | |
| Florida East Coast Railway | 8 | 221–228 | |
Georgia Railroad |
2 | 906–907 | |
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad | 7 | 7010–7016 | |
Great Lakes Steel Corporation |
3 | 27–29 | |
| Great Northern Railway | 7 | 17–23 | to Burlington Northern 149-155 |
| Great Western Railway of Colorado | 2 | 121–122 | |
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway |
10 | 22–31 | |
| Illinois Central Railroad | 70 | 9320–9334, 9430–9484 | |
Indiana Harbor Belt |
7 | 9002-9008 | 9004-9008 built with 567BC engines |
| Anaconda Copper (Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company) | 2 | 22–23 | |
| Kirby Lumber Company | 1 | 1000 | |
| Kosmos Timber Company (US Plywood Corp - Champion Intl ) | 1 | 100 | Built with 567BC engine |
| Lehigh Valley Railroad | 13 | 280–292 | |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 30 | 2267–2296 | |
| Maine Central Railroad | 2 | 334–335 | 335 built with 567BC engine |
| Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad | 1 | 82 | |
| Milwaukee Road | 3 | 1643–1645 | Renumbered 620-622 |
Mississippi Central Railroad |
10 | 201–210 | to Illinois Central
|
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | 22 | 9170–9191 | renumbered 1232-1253 |
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | 10 | 1226–1235 | Renumbered 12-21 |
| Monessen Southwestern | 4 | 23–25, 27 | |
| Montour Railroad | 12 | 73–84 | |
| Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | 5 | 34–38 | |
| New York Central Railroad | 60 | 8922-8930, 8941–8951, 8962–9001 | |
| New York Central (Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad) | 7 | 9002–9008 | |
| New York Central (Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad) | 20 | 8931–8940, 8952–8961 | |
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") |
12 | 233–244 | |
| Northern Pacific Railway | 4 | 115–118 | to Burlington Northern 156-159 |
| Oliver Iron Mining Company | 6 | 934–939 | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 36 | 8513–8544, 8859–8860, 8869–8870 | |
| Peoria and Pekin Union Railway | 2 | 411–412 | |
| Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad | 4 | 35–38 | |
| Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad | 9 | 231–239 | Built with 567BC engines |
| Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway | 4 | 2–5 | |
Republic Steel Corporation |
1 | 344 | |
| Reserve Mining Company | 1 | 1211 | |
| Soo Line (Wisconsin Central Railway) | 8 | 2111–2115, 2117–2119 | |
| Southern Pacific (Texas and New Orleans Railroad) | 5 | 108–112 | renumbered to 2208-2212 in 1965 |
| Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | 3 | 43–45 | to Burlington Northern 167-169 |
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway ("Cotton Belt") | 4 | 1058–1061 | renumbered to 2204-2207 in 1965 |
| St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ("Frisco") | 10 | 305–314 | |
| Steelton and Highspire Railroad | 4 | 40–43 | |
| Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | 13 | 1206–1218 | |
| Texas and Pacific Railway | 13 | 1024–1036 | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | 42 | 1825–1866 | 1847-1866 built with 567BC engines |
Union Railroad |
14 | 575–588 | |
| Wabash Railroad | 12 | 363–374 | |
| Western Pacific Railroad | 6 | 601–606 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Timber Company | 3 | 302–303, 305 | 305 built with 567C engine |
Wheeling Steel |
2 | 1252–1253 | 1253 built with 567BC engine |
| Total | 786 |
SW9 locomotives built by General Motors Diesel, Canada
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National Railways | 10 | 7000–7009 | |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | 6 | 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 | 4 | 55–58 | |
| Total | 29 |
TR5 locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA
| Railroad | Quantity A units | Quantity B units |
Road numbers A units | Road numbers B units | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad | 8 | 8 | 1870A–1877A | 1870B–1877B | Dynamic brakes were added to TR5As by UP shortly after delivery |
Union Railroad |
2 | 4 | 701–702 | 701C–704C | |
| Total | 10 | 12 |
SW1000R
In 1994
National Railway Equipment Company. These switchers were reclassified as EMD SW1000R.[3]
See also
- List of GM-EMD locomotives
- List of GMD Locomotives
- Detailed specs
References
- ^ OCLC 34531120.
- ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
- ^ "Amtrak Locomotive and Car Notes". September 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
External links
Media related to EMD SW9 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
