The EMD SW7 was a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and January 1951. [2] It was powered by a 1,200 horsepower (895 kW)12-567A engine. [1] The SW7 replaced the earlier 1,000 horsepower NW2 switcher in EMD's catalog. [3] A total of 489 SW7 locomotives were produced.

2024年12月20日 · The SW7 was Electro-Motive third in its modern switcher line and the first produced after World War II. EMD had halted production on new models until after the war due to restrictions brought about the War Production Board, which directed companies to focus on materiel for the war effort.

The EMD SW7 is a 1,200 horsepower diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and January 1951. At 1,200 horsepower, the SW7 replaced the 1,000 horsepower NW2 in the EMD catalog.

Conrail #8905 is an SW7 switcher locomotive, built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors (GM) in Cleveland, OH on November 19, 1950 (serial #13013, frame #6174-2). It was originally owned by the Peoria & Eastern Railway (P&E) as their #8905, and operated for this New York Central Railroad (NYC) subsidiary company in Illinois.

2024年1月15日 · The EMD SW7 was a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and January 1951. It was powered by a V12 567A engine developing 1,200 horsepower (895 kW). 489 SW7 locomotives were produced.

2024年12月16日 · In 1950-1951 it released an SW7 version, the TR4 that could produce 1,200 horsepower; 15 examples were built for four different railroads. Later in 1951 EMD cataloged its most powerful cow-calf, the 2,400 horsepower TR5.

2006年1月3日 · SW7 - Follow-on to the NW2, stayed in production until 1954 (replaced by the SW9). This model used a newer model of the ‘567’ engine and sported 1200 hp. Spotting features are a ‘full size’ radiator grill on the front, rather than the ‘1/2 size’ grill of the NW2.

SW7 was powered by a six cylinders EMD 567A engine developing 1.000 horsepower (early production) and, after 1950, the engine was the 12 cylinders variant with a power of 1.200 HP. The TR4 is a cow/colf version of the SW7. The SW7 it had a very important role on the american railroads, used by all the main companies.

SW7 - diesel locomotive build by EMD.

EMD produced SW (Switcher) model locomotives from 1935 to 1960, covering a period of 25 years. A switcher is a special type of locomotive that is employed in picking up and delivering railcars outside of a railroad yard. Here we will look at some of the most popular SW model locomotives produced by the company. 1.