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An EMD SW1000 is a 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 1000 horsepower (750 kW). This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500 giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches (13.61 m).114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States.