SW9 EMD switcher Profile and Models
CPMY 7014 at Coopersville, Michigan in August 2012. ©Joe Ross
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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 Ontario Canada from December 1950 to March 1953. Power was provided by an EMD 567B 12-cylinder engine, producing 1,200 horsepower. 786 examples of this model were built for American railroads and 29 were built for Canadian railroads. The SW9 was EMD's successor to the SW7. Like the SW7, the SW9 retained a power output of 1,200 hp and the same general design. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Diesel-Electric |
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Builder |
General Motors EMD General Motors GMD |
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Build Dates |
1950 to 1953 |
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Total Built |
815 |
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Power Output |
1,200hp |
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Wheel Configuration |
Bo-Bo |
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Operated By |
Aliquippa & Southern Apalachicola Northern Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Ashley, Drew & Northern Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Baltimore & Ohio Bauxite & Northern Bellefonte Central Belt Railway of Chicago Boston & Maine Cambria & Indiana Campbell's Creek Canadian National Canadian Pacific Central Georgia Central Railroad of New Jersey Charleston & Western Carolina Chattanooga Traction Company Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Illinois Western Chicago & North Western Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Conemaugh & Black Lick Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Duluth, Missable & Iron Range Erie Florida East Coast Georgia Grand Trunk Western Great Lakes Steel Corporation Great Northern Great Western Railway of Colorado Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Illinois Central Indiana Harbor Belt Anaconda Copper Kirby Lumber Company Kosmos Timber Company Lehigh Valley Louisville & Nashville Maine Central Maryland & Pennsylvania Milwaukee Road Mississippi Central Missouri Pacific Missouri-Kansas-Texas Monessen Southwestern Montour Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis New York Central New York, Chicago & St Louis (Nickel Plate) Northern Pacific Oliver Iron Mining Company Pennsylvania Railroad Peoria & Pekin Union Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Pittsburg & Shawmut Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Republic Steel Corporation Reserve Mining Company Soo Line Southern Pacific Spokane, Portland & Seattle St Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Steelton & Highspire Steel Company of Canada Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis Texas & Pacific Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Union Pacific Union Wabash Western Pacific Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Wheeling Steel |
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Main Duties |
Shunting |
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In Service Until |
Present |
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Surviving Examples |
Many still in service |
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
Boston & Maine
Chesapeake & Ohio
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago & North Western System
Missouri Pacific Lines
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Erie Lackawanna
Great Northern Railway
New York Central System
Louisville & Nashville
Products awaiting categorisation
| Scale | Brand | Image | Construction Type | DCC Capability | Product Code | Product Title | Livery |
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| O Gauge (1:43 Scale) | Atlas |
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RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | Not set |
6179-1 View |
SW9 EMD 1872 of the Union Pacific | Union Pacific |
| O Gauge (1:43 Scale) | MTH |
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RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | Not set |
30-2167-1 View |
SW-9 Switcher #1834 Union Pacific (DCC sound fitted, 3-rail) | Awaiting Categorisation |
| HO Gauge (1:87 Scale) | Kato |
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RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | Not set |
37-117Kato View |
SW9 EMD 9240 of Conrail | Conrail |
| HO Gauge (1:87 Scale) | Kato |
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RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | Not set |
37-118 View |
SW9 EMD 9241 of Conrail | Conrail |