The EMD SW8 is an 800 horsepower diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and February 1954. It is powered by an EMD 567B 8-cylinder engine, and starting in October 1953 some were built with the 567BC or 567C engine. EMD built 310 for United States railroads and 65 for Canadian railroads, and the slightly more powerful SW900 succeeded it in December 1953. Two former US Army units, USAX 2019 and 2022, which served in Korea and then on military bases until the early 1990s, are preserved at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Alabama.
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is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and February 1954
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between September 1950 and February 1954
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for a total of 800 hp (600 kW)
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Power is supplied by an EMD 567B 8-cylinder engine
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between September 1950 and February 1954
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is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and February 1954
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is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and February 1954
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is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and February 1954
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