Diesel Locomotive Seaboard System EMD SW-7 #2289
EMD SW-7 DESCRIPTION
- Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- Production era: 1949-1951
- 489 were manufactured
- Power: Diesel-electric
# 2289
- Purchased by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Became part of the Seabord system as the result of a merger with the L&N.
- Worked throughout the rail system as a switcher.
- Donated to the Museum by the CSX Corporation with help from Hayes Watkins, Chairman, and Roanoke native A. Paul Funkhouser, Executive Vice-President.