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EMD SW1500

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Image:UPY 1069.jpg thumb|250px|[[Union Pacific UPY 1069, an SW1500 equipped with Flexicoil trucks for higher speed service. Such widespread graffiti is commonplace among locomotives used in Southern California.]] The '''EMD SW1500''' was an 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel locomotive intended for switcher switching service and built by General Motors Corporation General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and January 1974. 808 examples were constructed. It was closely related to the less powerful EMD SW1000 model, forming a line of switchers powered by the new EMD 645 engine. The SW1500 replaced the EMD SW1200 SW1200 in the EMD product line, and was in turn replaced by the EMD MP15DC MP15DC. The SW1500 was a substantially bulkier locomotive than the SW1200, with a much bulkier frame, larger cab and bigger hood. In many respects it was approaching a road switcher in abilities. While the SW1500 came as standard with Association of American Railroads AAR switcher trucks, the majority of them were delivered with the optional Flexicoil trucks which permitted speeds up to 60 mph (100 km/h). The SW1500 was, in fact, often operated as a road-switcher for branchline service, and continues in this role today. The very similar EMD SW1504 SW1504 was fundamentally a SW1500 mounted on Blomberg trucks, and was produced for the Mexican national railroad, Nacionales de México.

Original owners
{| class="toccolours" ! colspan=4 bgcolor=#909060 | Domestic (US/Canada) orders |- ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Railroad ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Quantity ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Road numbers ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Notes |- |Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad |1 |150 |Now on the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad |- |Alton and Southern Railway |18 |1500-1517 | |- |Apalachicola Northern Railroad |8 |712-719 | |- |Angelina and Neches River Railroad |1 |1500 | |- |Algoma Steel |5 |701-705 | |- |Alcoa Terminal Railroad |1 |9 | |- |Burlington Northern Railroad |15 |310-324 |In service as BNSF 3456-3470 |- |Belt Railway of Chicago |3 |530-532 | |- |Chattahoochee Valley Railway |1 |100 | |- |Cambria and Indiana Railroad |2 |15, 16 | |- |Chicago Short Line Railroad |2 |30, 31 | |- |General Motors Locomotive Group |9 |106-114 | |- |Tennessee Eastman Corporation (Eastman Kodak) |1 |1 | |- |Great Northern Railway (US) Great Northern Railway |10 |200-209 |Most in service with BNSF |- |Georgia Power |5 |1401-1405 |- |Houston Belt and Terminal Railway |6 |50-55 | |- |Howe Coal |2 |1, 2 |To Kansas City Southern |- |Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad |28 |9200-9227 | |- |Inland Steel |7 |119-125 | |- |Illinois Terminal Railroad |6 |1510-1515 | |- |Indianapolis Union Railway |5 |24, 26, 30-32 | |- |Jefferson Warrior Railroad |4 |51-54 | |- |Kansas City Southern Railway |42 |1500-1541 |In service with KCS |- |Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad |16 |67-83 | |- |Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad |2 |23, 24 | |- |Louisville and Nashville Railroad |30 |5000-5029 | |- |Longview, Portland and Northern Railway |1 |130 | |- |Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |6 |50-55 | |- |Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway |2 |36-37 | |- |Missouri Pacific Railroad |4 |1518-1521 | |- |Mississippi Export Railroad |1 |64 | |- |Minnesota Transfer Railway |7 |300-306 | |- |New Orleans Public Belt Railroad |3 |151-153 | |- |Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad |2 |160, 161 | |- |Penn Central |84 |9500-9583 | |- |Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad |40 |1534-1563, 9280-9289 | |- |Reading Railroad |21 |2750-2770 | |- |Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad |9 |1-8,91 | |- |Rock Island Line |10 |940-949 | |- |Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway |2 |500,600 | |- |Sandersville Railroad |2 |100,300 | |- |St. Louis San Francisco Railroad |38 |315-352 | |- |Southern Railway (US) Southern Railway |48 |2300-2347 | |- |Southern Pacific Railroad |204 |2450-2480, 2493-2510, 2523-2578, 2591-2689 | |- |St. Louis Southwestern Railroad |36 |2481-2492,2511-25222579-2590 | |- |St. Maries River Railroad |1 |503 | |- |Terminal Railroad Alabama State Docks |2 |681,682 | |- |Tennessee Copper |1 |108 | |- |Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad |4 |303-306 | |- |Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis |17 |1501-1517 | |- |Union Railroad |9 |1-9 | |- |US Steel |6 |949-954 | |- |Vermont Railway |1 |501 | |- |Winifrede Railroad |1 |13 | |- |Western Pacific Railroad |3 |1501-1503 | |- |W.R. Grace |2 |101, 102 | |- |Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. |2 |306, 307 | |- ! colspan=4 bgcolor=#909060 | Export orders |- |Amapá Railway, Brazil |1 |5 | |}

Specifications
Image:UPY 1144.jpg thumb|250px|Cab end view of a SW1500. {| class="toccolours" |'''Overall length:''' |44 ft 8 in |13.61 m |- |'''Between bolster centers:''' |22 ft 0 in |6.71 m |- |'''Truck wheelbase:''' |8 ft 0 in |2.44 m |- |'''Width over grabirons:''' |10 ft 0.125 in |3.05 m |- |'''Height above rails:''' |15 ft 0 in |4.57 m |- |'''Wheel diameter:''' |40 in |1.02 m |- |'''Fuel capacity:''' |600-1,100 US gallon US gal |2,300-4,200 L |- |'''Engine:''' |colspan="2"|12-645E, V12 Roots type supercharger Roots-blown diesel |- |'''Power:''' |1,500 hp |1,100 kW |- |'''Main generator:''' |colspan="2"|D32 generator |- |'''Traction motors:''' |colspan="2"|4 × D77/78 DC |- |'''Standard gearing:''' |colspan="2"|62:15 |- |'''Weight:''' |248,000 lb |112,000 kg |}

References
* {{cite book|author=Pinkepank, Jerry A.|title=The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI|year=1973|id=ISBN 0-89024-026-4}} * {{cite book|author=Hayden, Bob (Ed.)|title=Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives|publisher=Kalmbach Books|year=1980|id=ISBN 0-89024-547-9}} * GATX Rail Locomotive Group. ''[http://www.gatx.com/rail/locomotive_group/SW1500.asp SW1500 specification page]''. Retrieved on March 20, 2005. {{EMD switchers}} Category:B-B locomotives

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