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EMD SW900
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1953· model of 900 hp American diesel switcher
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CRIP 907 (SW900) at Seneca, IL on January 28, 1967 (21798162974): railfan 44· Public domain
- 2. CRGX 402 (SW900) (34976875184): Tyler Silvest from Olathe, Kansas· CC BY 2.0
- 3. CRGX 402 (SW900) 11-24-22: Tyler Silvest· CC BY 2.0
- 4. JCAC 1992(EMD SW900) & ATSF 999101 Caboose (29408509041): Tyler Silvest from Olathe, Kansas· CC BY 2.0
- 5. JCAC 1992(EMD SW900) & ATSF 999101 Caboose (32267603075): Tyler Silvest from Olathe, Kansas· CC BY 2.0
- 6. JCAC 1992(EMD SW900) & ATSF 999101 Caboose 5-2-17 (33577343324): Tyler Silvest from Olathe, Kansas· CC BY 2.0
- 7. SRY SW900: {{subst:usernamexpand|Meggar}}· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. BC Hydro 910 at Vancouver BC on September 20, 1987 (22420208037): railfan 44· Public domain
- 9. BC Hydro 910 at Vancouver BC on September 20, 1987 02 (22849738591): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD SW900 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel (GMD) between December 1953 and March 1969. Built concurrently with the SW1200, the eight-cylinder SW900 model had a single exhaust stack, and replaced the EMD SW8 model in EMD's catalogue. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 8-cylinder engine that generated 900 horsepower (670 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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- 671 kW is about 8 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
- 1953–1969
- number built
- 371
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 671 kW
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323487, Wikipedia: EMD SW900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.