U.S. Air Force #2021 "Titan" at Cape Canaveral, FL
Photo Taken by Roy Thoman II |
EMD SW8 Switcher
An EMD SW8 is a diesel shunting/switching locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between September 1950 and January 1954. Power is supplied by an EMD 567B 8-cylinder engine, for a total of 800 hp(600 kW).
306 of this model were built for United States railroads, and 65 were built for Canadian railroads. After the Korean War, 4 US owned SW8's were handed over to the South Korean government and later they bought 10 of this model. Now, one SW8 (Korail2101) is preserved at Busan. In addition, 12 TR6 cow-calf paired sets were produced.
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