EMD SW600

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Model	SW600
Build date	February 1954 – January 1962
Total produced	15

EMD SW600
EMD SW600
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Model	SW600
Build date	February 1954 – January 1962
Total produced	15
Gauge
Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 6-567C
Engine type	V6 Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Roots-type supercharger
Cylinders	6
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	600 hp (450 kW))
Tractive effort	49,500 lb (22,500 kg)
Locale
Career
Locale	United States

The EMD SW600 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. It shared the same carbody design as EMD's more powerful SW900 and SW1200 models but only generated 600 horsepower, and replaced the SW1 in EMD's catalogue^[1]. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 6-cylinder engine, which generated 600 horsepower (450 kW).^[2]

Original owners

15 examples of this model were built for American railroads and industrials.

Road	Quantity	Road number
McLouth Steel	2	8–9
Northern Indiana Public Service Company	1	4
Chicago and North Western Railway	2	1280–1281
Detroit Edison Company	1	213
Texas Company (“Texaco”)	1	23
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company	1	512
Shell Oil Company	1	9
Gulf Oil Company	1	9
Philadelphia Electric Company	1	30
Clinchfield Coal Company	1	100
Marathon Southern Corporation	1	1
Arizona Public Service Company	1	1
Public Service Company of Colorado	1	15-1
Total	15

^ Schafer, Mike (1998). Vintage diesel locomotives. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. pp. 22–25. ISBN 0-7603-0507-2. OCLC 38738930.
^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 10, 14. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
A J Kristopans GM Locomotive Serial Number Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20141012110456if_/http://utahrails.net/ajkristopans/SWITCHERS201Aand567.php#sw600

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