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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 Bernadino 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
	553	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
	555	Sanford FL	August 1997	Jeff Lubchansky
	555	Chicago IL	July 1995	RR Nut
	556	Sanford FL	1997	John Imbert
	556	Sanford FL	August 1997	Jeff Lubchansky
	557	Rensselaer NY	October 31, 1998	Jeff Lubchansky
	558	Washington DC		Bill Hakkarinen
	559	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	Safeco Field, Seattle, WA fresh paint, new strpe	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