EMD SW9

The EMD SW9 is a model of diesel switcher locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1950 and December 1953.

Additional SW9s were built by General Motors Diesel in London Ontario Canada from December 1950 to March 1953.

Power was provided by an EMD 567B 12-cylinder engine, producing 1,200 horsepower (895 kW).

[1] In addition to the single units produced, ten TR5 cow–calf paired sets were produced (eight for the Union Pacific Railroad, and two for the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh).

[1] In 1994 Amtrak acquired nine SW9s from various railroads and had them rebuilt by the National Railway Equipment Company.

Illinois Central SW14 No. 1496 is at the fueling racks in Memphis, Tennessee . 1496 was built by EMD in May 1952 as IC SW9 #9469 then renumbered 469. Then it was later converted into an EMD SW14 .
Amtrak #796, which started life in 1952 as P&LE #8959, idles in Washington, D.C. in 2008.