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EMD SW1000
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1966· model of 1000 hp American diesel switcher
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- 1. BN 440 19920900 IL Eola: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. KYLE SW1000 1125: Wheresmything· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EMD SW1000-1500.A1A.RotemAmfert: McKaby· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD SW1000 was a model of 4-axle diesel switcher locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches (13.61 m).
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1972
- number built
- 119
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 13.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323484, Wikipedia: EMD SW1000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.