EMD SW600

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

Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 567C
Engine type	Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Roots-type supercharger
Cylinders	6

Performance figures
Power output	600 hp (450 kW))

Career
Locale	United States

An EMD SW600 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 6-cylinder engine, which generated 600 horsepower (450 kW).

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

References

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
A J Kristopans GM Locomotive Serial Number Page website: http://community-1.webtv.net/ajkristopans/SWITCHERS201Aand567/

Diesel-electric switcher locomotives

Alco	ALCO Boxcab ALCO 600 HH600 HH660 HH900 HH1000 S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 T-6 SB-8/SSB-9

Baldwin	VO-660 DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 RS-4-TC VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12

Fairbanks-Morse	H-10-44 H-12-44 H-12-44TS H-12-46

GE	60-ton boxcab 100-ton boxcab 600-hp centercab 1000-hp centercab DEY-2 EN-6 25-ton 35-ton 43-ton 44-ton 45-ton 50-ton 60-ton 65-ton 70-ton 80-ton 95-ton 100-ton 110-ton 125-ton 126-ton 128-ton 1800-hp transfer 2000-hp transfer U5B U6B

GM/EMD	SC, SW, NC, NC1, NC2, NW, NW1, NW1A, NW4, T NW2 NW3 NW5 TR1 SW1 SW7 SW8 SW9 SW600 SW900 SW1000 SW1001 SW1200 SW1500 SW1504 MP15DC MP15AC MP15T RS1325 GMD1

Lima-Hamilton	LS-750 LS-800 LS-1000 LS-1200

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EMD SW600

Original owners

See also

References