Starting an SW1 diesel locomotive

Baby it's cold outside, but SW1 3110 has been parked indoors and pops right off. Donated by Andersen Windows, it was built as Wabash 110, and later became Norfolk and Western 3110. This video was taken in March of 2004 - it's been out of service since getting a top deck overhaul, brake rigging, and sheet metal repairs

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[forgetdogs]

@tpvalley Your thinking of the NW2. which has a V12 567 engine that produces 1000 hp.

[forgetdogs]

@huettmr You forgot about the NW2 which has a 1000 hp 567 engine and was built roughly around the same period as the SW1.

[azervich]

The Specs says it's a EMD 6-567A engine.

[airman004]

awsome video, love the puff of smoke when it starts up!

[tpvalley]

thanks for the info.

I like the sound of these especially the v6, shame there arent many videos of them.

[huettmr]

No, the SW1 has 600bhp with a V6 567. I'm thinking the SW6 you're referring to is actually an SW600. You are correct in that it also has 600bhp with a V6 567. Just an uptaded version of the SW1. The 1000bhp loco I'm guessing you're referring to is the SW1000 or SW1001. It has the V8 1000bhp engine, but with the 645 version instead of the 567. EMD never made, to my knowledge, a 1000bhp V8 567 engine. The closest they came was with the SW900. It has the V8 567 but with 900bhp.

cheers.

[tpvalley]

I thought the v6 was in the sw6?

isnt the sw1 1000bhp?

[huettmr]

567 V6

[tpvalley]

what engine is in this 567 v8?

[BNSF5608]

Though we can't get the damned Shutter controls to work, We need to take it apart once we can hide her indoors.