The EMD SW9 diesel locomotive is a shunting diesel locomotive manufactured from December 1950 to December 1953 .
| EMD SW9 | |
|---|---|
 Diesel locomotive on Illinois Central Railroad | |
| Production | |
| Plant | Electro-motive diesel General Motors Diesel |
| Years of construction | 1950 - 1953 |
| Total built | 815 |
| Technical details | |
| Kind of service | Shunting |
| Axial formula | 2 O -2 O |
| Track width | 1435 mm |
| Engine type | diesel |
| Engine power | 1200 h.p. |
| Exploitation | |
The locomotive has a two-stroke 12-cylinder V-shaped diesel engine with a capacity of 1200 hp.
786 diesel locomotives are operated on US railways, another 29 on Canadian railways. Among the largest US operators: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (65 sections), Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (35), Illinois Central Railroad (70), New York Central Railroad (60), Pennsylvania Railroad (36), Union Pacific Railroad (42). In Canada, the Canadian National Railway has the most diesel locomotives of this series - 10 sections.
See also
- GM-EMD Locomotive List