EMD SW600
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An EMD SW600 is a diesel switcher
locomotive
built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567
C 6-cylinder
engine, which generated 600 horsepower
(450 kW).
railroads and industrials.
Switcher
A switcher or shunter is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been...
locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567
EMD 567
The EMD 567 is a line of diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. This engine, which succeeded Winton's 201-A, was used in EMD's locomotives from 1938 until its replacement in 1966 by the EMD 645. It has a bore of , a stroke of and a displacement of 567 in³ per cylinder...
C 6-cylinder
Cylinder (engine)
A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically cast from aluminum or cast iron before receiving precision machine work...
engine, which generated 600 horsepower
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
(450 kW).
Original owners
15 examples of this model were built for AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
railroads and industrials.
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| McLouth Steel McLouth Steel McLouth Steel is a former integrated steel company. The company had three locations. The first plant was in Detroit, Michigan, the second in Trenton, Michigan and the third, a cold mill, in Gibraltar, Michigan. The Detroit plant is currently owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Company... |
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| Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago and North Western Railway The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s... |
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| Detroit Edison Company | |
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| Texas Company (“Texaco Texaco Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand.... ”) |
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| Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company | |
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| Shell Oil Company Shell Oil Company Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas... |
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| Gulf Oil Company | |
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| Philadelphia Electric Company | |
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| Clinchfield Coal Company | |
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| Marathon Southern Corporation | |
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| Arizona Public Service Company | |
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| Public Service Company of Colorado | |
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