SW1000 & SW1001
Glen Lyn, WV; May 1998.
This SW1000, with a 1000 hp powerplant, one of only of 120 ever built,
has the typical one stack, the grid over the hood and a flat roof. This
one was hired to pull coal in and out of a power plant off the Norfolk
Southern Bluefield District.
Folkston, Ga; June 1999.
An SW1001 of unknown origin is being hauled south from Waycross.
Ashland, Ky; May 1997.
This SW1001, also with 1000 hp engine and also somewhat rare, was built
for tight clearences to maneuver around industrial sites. Here, 1218 is
switching Coke Express cars into the steel mill off of the CSX busiest
mainline before the Conrail merger.
