The EMD SW1504 is a
diesel-electric switcher locomotive
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), station pilot (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distanc ...
built by
General Motors
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Electro-Motive Division
Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. Formerly a division of General Motors, EMD has been owned by Progress Rail since 2010.
Electro-Motiv ...
. The type was sold only to
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
's national railroad,
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
''Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México'' (better known as N de M and after 1987 as Ferronales or FNM) or ''National Railways of Mexico'' was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of P ...
; 60 examples were built between May and August 1973. With the breakup of NdeM, the locomotives have been passed to the variety of successor railroad operators in Mexico; some have been sold to leasing companies in the USA.
Original buyers
See also
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List of GM-EMD locomotives
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD).
Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotive ...
References
* Laundry, Mark.
The Yard Limit: EMD SW1504'. Retrieved on March 23, 2005.
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* Trainweb.org.
The Unofficial EMD Homepage'. Retrieved on March 23, 2005.
* McCall, S.A.
'. Retrieved on March 23, 2005.
External links
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EMD SW1504 photos at rrpicturearchives.net{{Diesel_Switchers
B-B locomotives
SW1504
Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States
Diesel–electric locomotives of Mexico
Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States
Standard-gauge locomotives of Mexico
Shunting locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1973