GMD SW1200MG

EMD SW1200MG
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder General Motors Diesel
Serial number A1945–A1949, A2176, A2558–A2560
Model SW1200MG
Build date 1963 (5), 1968 (1), 1971 (3)
Total produced 9
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. B-B
UIC class Bo'Bo'
Electric system(s) 2400 V AC 60 Hz catenary
Current collection Pantograph
Career
Operators Iron Ore Company of Canada
Numbers 431501–431509
Locale North America

The EMD SW1200MG was a 4-axle electric locomotive built by General Motors Diesel between 1963 and 1971. This locomotive was the electric version of the diesel powered SW1200, with the prime mover replaced by a motor-generator set, hence the MG suffix in the model number.

Locomotives run under 2400V 60 Hz, in automatic control without driver. The difference with SW1200 is that a single-phase electric motor is provided in place of the diesel motor, with adapted control.

Nine examples of this locomotive were built for a single Canadian customer – Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC).

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