HUET-TRAINS

The EMD SW9 is a 1200-horsepower (895 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1950 and December 1953. The EMD was fitted with a 567B two-stroke, 1200 hp (895 kW) V12 diesel engine. 786 locomotives of this design were built for US railroads and 29 were built for Canadian railroads.

The SW9 in Z

The SW9 is made solely of thin-etched nickel-silver and brass castings. It uses a coreless 8 mm motor, with a two stage reducer: the 1st stage with belt, and the 2nd stage with worm and wheels on the two central axles. The two central axles are rigid, and the two front axles are on a pony truck. 6 wheels take electricity.

The truck faces are rigid and do not turn, but with the small length of this model, it is not very visible.

The model comes with body mounted "GH" couplers. It also features LED direction-controlled lighting.

They are available for DC power OR for DCC (with Z2 decoder).

Minimum radius : 195 mm (the "small" MTL track radius)

DC option : price in Euro : 500 € -- Price in US Dollar : $500

DCC option : price in Euro : 535 € -- Price in US Dollar : $535

How to order

SW9