The WWSL
Prototype Information
The EMD SW1200 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. The SW1200 was the third model of 1,200 hp SW series switchers built by EMD. It was a successor to the SW7 and SW9. Those locomotives used which used EMD 567B 12-cylinder engine which generates 1,200 horsepower (890 kW), the SW120 used the 567C engine. 737 examples of this locomotive model were built for U.S. railroads.
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NP 159 at Hoquiam Wa |
The NP
introduced diesel locomotives to Gray's Harbor operations after WWII.
NP 159 (a SW1200) was purchased in 1957 and was assigned to Hoquiam
Wa. for switcher service. NP 159 often operated on the head end of the
Hoquiam- Moclips Local.
The WWSL
I am going to kitbatch this locomotive using an Athearn SW7 Blue Box Edition model.
Engineering
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Courtesy jbritton.pennsyrr.com |
Process
To be continued
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