Kitbashing a SOUTHERN PACIFIC SW900E LOCO by Koos Fockens 1. This is Southern Pacific SW900E 1193 in San Jose, CA, circa October 1974. Koos used this specific prototype loco as the basis for his project. Steve Sloan photo Detail parts and scratchbuilding recreate a rare switcher ... The prototype SW900E emerged from a locomotive series EMD originally built for the Southern Pacific as the SW900. After a relatively small rebuild/modernization program in the early ‘70s, they emerged from the SP Houston shops desig- nated SW900E. Compared to the SW900, they could be recognized by a single tall oval exhaust stack, a modified light package resembling the • INDEX • TABLE OF CONTENTS