Description
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Railroad Short Name: DRGW
Prototype Information
An EMD SW1000 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower. This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches. Over one-third of SW1000 production went to the Burlington Northern Railroad.
The SW1000 was taller than previous EMD switchers, which posed a problem for industrial customers: at many facilities, tight clearances existed, and the SW1000 exceeded them. As a result, most production went to railroads, not industries.
114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States.
DRGW Features:
- Roller Bearing trucks
- Sinclair antenna
- Spark Arrestor
- “Loop” style cut levers
Rio Grande purchased ten SW1000’s in two groups, the first one in 1966 and the second group in 1968. The second group consisted of three units, numbered 147-149. They differed from the first in that they came equipped with roller bearing trucks and a slight variation in the striping on the front of the engines. This release represents the second group.
Locomotive Features:
- Operating ground lights
- Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before
- DCC-ready models feature 21-pin plug
- LED lighting for long life and reliable operation
- Detailed cab interior
- Drop steps unless noted
- MU stands
- Exhaust stack
- Printed numberboards
- Fine scale handrails
- Signal hoses with silver glad hands unless noted
- Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands
- Separately applied wire grab irons
- See through radiator intake grille and cab windows
- Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype
- Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate
- Separately applied Air tank
- McHenry® scale knuckle couplers – Kadee® compatible
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology
- Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drive train for with 21-pin NEM connector
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Window packaging for easy viewing
- Highly-detailed, injection molded body
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- Fully assembled and ready-to-run
- Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
- Minimum radius: 18”
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