Model of 1200 hp North American diesel switcher
EMD SW9 |
---|
CIRY 1206, an SW9 built in 1951 on October 31, 2008. |
|
|
Performance figures |
---|
Power output | 1,200 hp (890 kW) |
---|
|
Career |
---|
Locale | North America |
---|
|
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).[1]
786 examples of this model were built for American railroads and 29 were built for Canadian railroads.[2]