EMD SW1200

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge, Chile; 5 ft (1,524 mm)(?), Panama; 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, Brazil;
Prime mover	EMD 12-567C
Engine type	V12 diesel
Cylinders	12

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel–electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division,; General Motors Diesel, Canada;
Model	SW1200
Build date	January 1954 – May 1966
Total produced	1,052

EMD SW1200
EMD SW1200
	BN 251, an EMD SW1200, works the yard in Eola, Illinois (just east of Aurora)
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel–electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division,; General Motors Diesel, Canada;
Model	SW1200
Build date	January 1954 – May 1966
Total produced	1,052
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge, Chile; 5 ft (1,524 mm)(?), Panama; 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, Brazil;
Prime mover	EMD 12-567C
Engine type	V12 diesel
Cylinders	12
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	1,200 hp (890 kW)
Locale
Career
Locale	North America, South America
Disposition	Many scrapped, many still in use

An EMD SW1200 is a four-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. 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.

737 examples of this locomotive model were built for U.S. railroads, 287 were built for Canadian railroads, four were built for Brazilian railroads, 25 were built for a Chilean industrial firm, and three were built for the Panama Canal Railway.