VIA FEATURES:

Sinclair Antenna

Roller bearing trucks

600 gallon fuel tank

Officially licensed product of Via Rail Canada®

In 1987 VIA purchased 3 SW1000’s second hand from Inland Steel in Indiana for use in their yards in their Montréal Maintenance Centre.

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE NEW FEATURES:

Operating ground lights

Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before

DCC-ready models feature 21-pin plug

DCC & sound models feature Tsunami2 sound with dual cube speakers

LED lighting for long life and reliable operation

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE STANDARD FEATURES:

Lit ground lights

Detailed cab interior

Drop steps unless noted

MU stands

Exhaust stack

Printed numberboards

Fine scale handrails

Signal hoses with silver glad hands unless noted

Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands

Separately applied wire grab irons

See through radiator intake grille and cab windows

Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype

Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate

Separately applied Air tank

McHenry® scale knuckle couplers - Kadee® compatible

All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation

All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow

DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology

Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain for with 21-pin NEM connector

Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

Window packaging for easy viewing

Highly-detailed, injection molded body

Painted and printed for realistic decoration

Fully assembled and ready-to-run

Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage

Minimum radius: 18”

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

Onboard Tsunami2 DCC/Sound decoder

Cube Speaker for optimal sound quality

Sound units operate in both DC and DCC

Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC

Some functions are limited in DC

All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode

Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6 (Flashing ditch lights, beacon, etc)

Excellent low-speed operation

Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights

Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes

CV chart included in the box

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

An EMD SW1000 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower. This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches. Over one-third of SW1000 production went to the Burlington Northern Railroad.

The SW1000 was taller than previous EMD switchers, which posed a problem for industrial customers: at many facilities, tight clearances existed, and the SW1000 exceeded them. As a result, most production went to railroads, not industries.

114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States.

Currently 2 EMD SW1000 units are owned and operated by VIA Rail Canada in the Montreal Maintenance Centre.