List of preserved EMD SW1 locomotives

The EMD SW1 was a diesel-electric switcher built between 1938 - 1953. This list is to summarize the SW1 locomotives in preservation.

Currently preserved PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences804Southern Pacific 1000January 1939 Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) Holly Sugar Corporation (HLYX)1970's (SP)Stored at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CaliforniaFirst diesel owned by the Southern Pacific. Built as demonstrator no. 804.905Central of Georgia 1August 1939 Central of Georgia Railway (CG) Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway (ASML) Greenville and Northern Railway (GRN) Carolina Piedmont Railroad (CPDR) -Displayed at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah, GeorgiaFirst diesel owned by the Central of Georgia. Built as demonstrator no. 905.906Western Pacific 501 Western Pacific Railroad (WP) Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) Corn Products Corporation (CPC)Late 1970'sDisplay, out of service at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CaliforniaFirst diesel owned by the Western Pacific. Built as demonstrator no. 906.907Soo Line 320September 1939 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (SOO) Great Lakes Coal and Docks (GLCD) June 1977 (SOO) 2017 (GLCD)Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota912Boston and Maine 1109November 1939 Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) Montpelier and Barre Railroad (M&B) Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) -Display at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut988Sacramento Northern 402December 1939 Western Pacific Railroad (WP) Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) -Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California1021Lehigh Valley 114February 1940 Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV) Maryland Port Authority Ocean City Western Railroad (OCW) -Operational at the Wilmington and Western Railroad in New Castle County, Delaware1106Baltimore and Ohio 8408August 1940 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Chessie System -1194Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha 55October 1940 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (CMO) Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) Relco GE Railcar Services2006Static Display at the Hub City Railway Museum in Oelwein, Iowa1564Louisville and Nashville 13December 1941Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) -Static display at the Foley Railroad Depot in Foley, Alabama1597Monon DS-50February 1942 Monon Railroad (MON/CIL) Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM) -Under restoration at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, IndianaFirst diesel owned by the Monon.1714Pere Marquette 11April 1942 Pere Marquette Railway (PM) Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) -Static display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland10538Commonwealth Edison 15September 1950 Commonwealth Edison Midwest Generation LLC -Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois11216Washington Terminal 738November 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Washington Terminal Company (WATC) Amtrak (AMTK) Morristown and Erie Railway (ME) -Operational at the St. Louis Union Station in St. Louis, MissouriOwned by RPCX, occasionally used to moved displayed railcars.18194Boston and Maine 1127August 1953 Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS) -To be displayed at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, ConnecticutOnly Boston and Maine SW1 fitted with MU Controls.

Formerly preserved, scrapped PhotographWorks No.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateNotesReferences882Peavey Grain Company 1279June 1939 Wabash Railroad (WAB) Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad (BHS) Peavey Grain Company -Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota -Scraped due to engine seizure.1039Milwaukee Road 1613March 1940Milwaukee Road (MILW) -Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, IndianaJuly 4, 2018

See also List of preserved EMD locomotives List of preserved EMD NW2 locomotives

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