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EMD SW1200
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1954· model of 1200 hp American diesel switcher
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BN 251 IL Eola: Slambo at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Central Vermont SW1200 1500 at White River Junction, VT yards on August 10, 1968 (25785483320): railfan 44· Public domain
- 3. Kansas City Terminal 78 & 76 (both SW1200) (10567804723): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 4. Kansas City Terminal 78 (SW1200) (10567803413): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 5. Kansas City Terminal 79 (SW1200) (10567549506): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 6. Milwaukee Road MILW 1209 (SW1200) (10567790784): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 7. RVT SW1200 (No 82) @ White City OR (2017-10-10): Scott DeVries· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. SQM EMD SW1200 Pedro de Valdivia: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
An EMD SW1200 is a four-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. Power is provided by an EMD 567C 12-cylinder engine, which generates 1,200 horsepower (890 kW). Additional SW1200 production was completed by General Motors Diesel in Ontario, Canada, between September 1955 and June 1964.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1966
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,056
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4037801, Wikipedia: EMD SW1200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.