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the SSB1200 Switchers

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SSB 1200
Numbered 550-567 - there were 15 active as of Jan 1, 1997. Geared for 65 MPH, these 1200 HP switchers weigh 246,000 lbs.

Built as SW1200 by EMD in 1953 for the ATSF - rebuilt by ATSF at San Bernardino CA into SSB 1200 - later sold
to (1984) Amtrak as part of a SSB1200/CF-7 deal for 18 SDP40s.

   # Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
550  Chicago IL Oct 18, 1993  Glen Beans
551  Salt Lake City UT  Nov 7, 1992  Jeff Prince
551  Los Angeles CA  April 21, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
551  Los Angeles CA  April 21, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
551  Los Angeles CA  April 21, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
551  Los Angeles CA  April 22 1999  Dick Leonhardt
 551  Los Angeles CA  Jan 8, 2000  Carlos P Balacuit
Charles P White
551  Los Angeles CA
pulling a cut of Superliners		  Jan 8, 2000  Carlos P Balacuit
Charles P White
551  Los Angeles CA  January 26, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
551  Los Angeles CA  January 26, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
552 Sunnyside Yard ?
It wears an interesting paint scheme with orange pilots and frame side striping.		    Bob LaMay
  552  Albany/Rensselaer NY
note the crates of Genesis Exhaust Modules in the foreground		  Dec 23, 1997  Jeff Finch
 552  Sunnyside Yard
From the information Bobby has obtained on this engine, it was re-painted at Sunnyside in two nights!!!!		    Bobby J. Kasza
 
 552
 Sunnyside Yard
Unfortunately the pilots are very grimy and dirty, so the orange pilots are difficult to see.
  
 Bobby J. Kasza
 552
 Albany/Rensselaer NY
  
 Dan Halpert
Sunnyside Yard
note the lettering across the cab roof and the drop shadow 553 
  
 Bobby J. Kasza
 553
  Sunnyside Yard NY
 7/11/01
 J Tunnel
 no photo yet
 554
      
 Sanford FL
August 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky
Chicago IL
July 1995
 RR Nut
 Sanford FL
 1997
John Imbert
 Sanford FL
August 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky
 Rensselaer NY
 October 31, 1998
 Jeff Lubchansky
 Washington DC
  
 Bill Hakkarinen
 Lorton VA
 December 1996
 Jeff Lubchansky
 559
  
1999 
 David R Olsen
559
  Washington DC
 Oct 17, 2001
 Pete Piszczek

560
 Stanford FL
The two Genesis units in the background are
coming from the wash unit.
 May 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky

 no photo yet

 561
 562
 Lorton VA
 December 25, 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky
562
Wilmington DE 
Wilmington Shops
 unknown
 from the
collection of
JL Hunt
562
 Ivy City
taken during the
Amtrak Historical Society
3rd Annual Conference
 May 3, 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky
563
 Washington DC
 May 4, 1997
 Jeff Lubchansky
 563
 Lorton VA
 August 26, 2000
 Jeff Lubchansky
564
Chicago IL 
 Jan 27, 1986
 Dick Leonhardt
 564
 Chicago IL
mid 1980s
 Jim Hebner
564
 Chicago IL
 mid 1980s
Jim Hebner
565
 Seattle WA
love the sill stripe!
May 31, 1991
Chris Kinoshita 
565
 Seattle WA
Safeco Field
fresh paint, new stripe
 Feb 19, 2004
Doug Smith
565
  Seattle, WA
 Sept 20,2004
 Joe O'Connell
566
 Albany OR
at the Willamette & Pacific's shops getting a rebuild.
 April 8, 1998
 Jim Hanrahan
 566
 Portland OR
 Nov 2, 2000
 Christopher Lee
 567
 Washington DC
Union Station
 May 25, 2001
 Pete Piszczek

 ???
 Altoona PA
Phase IV like paint - new railings- probably rebuilt at Juniata
unknown number
private owner - not an Amtrak loco
 Aug 17, 1999
 Jeff Lubchansky

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This archive was first accessed August 1996