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EMD SW1200
Model of 1200 hp American diesel switcher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An EMD SW1200 is a four-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966.[1] Power is provided by an EMD 567C 12-cylinder engine, which generates 1,200 horsepower (890 kW). Additional SW1200 production was completed by General Motors Diesel in Ontario, Canada, between September 1955 and June 1964.
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737 examples of this locomotive model were built for U.S. railroads, 287 were built for Canadian railroads,[1] 4 were built for Brazilian railroads, 25 were built for a Chilean industrial firm, and 3 were built for the Panama Canal Railway.