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EMD SW9
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1950· model of 1200 hp North American diesel switcher
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Central Railroad of New Jersey SW9 1093 at Jim Thrope, PA on Julyt 12, 1970 (23913434399): railfan 44· Public domain
- 2. Wabash (N&W) SRoger Puta found Wabash (N&W) SW9 369 switching in front of the Decatur, Ill. station on May 7, 1966. W9 369 switching in from of the Decatur, Ill. station on May 7, 1966 (27633899115): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD SW9 is a model of diesel switcher locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1950 and December 1953. Additional SW9s were built by General Motors Diesel in London Ontario Canada from December 1950 to March 1953. Power was provided by an EMD 567B 12-cylinder engine, producing 1,200 horsepower (895 kW).
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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- 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
- 1950–1953
- number built
- 825
- 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 Q4037803, Wikipedia: EMD SW9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.