The EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1954 and 1959. The GP9 succeeded the GP7 as the second model of EMD's General Purpose (GP) line, [1] incorporating a new sixteen-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.30 MW). [2]

Dec 19, 2024 · The following GP9 was nearly identical in appearance. However, the model, as part of EMD's so-called "9 Line," offered greater horsepower and even better reliability. By the mid-1950s, and the GP7's success, railroads had largely lost …

Electro-Motive GP9 Diesels (0213), Class GP-9, was built in June 1957, #23372, FN 5542-5, as Chesapeake & Ohio 6213, Class MRSE-17. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was transferred as Baltimore & Ohio 6213, Class GP-9, on September 8, 1978.

Other locos with this serial: BO 6519(GP9) CSX 1011(Yard Slug) CSX 1052(Yard Slug)

BO 6491 was built 20 years ago in September 1956. CS (B&O) 6491 sits in an all but shut down Decoursey yard e/f. Most work had been transferred to Queensgate yard in Cincinnati by this time.

CSX GP16 #1851 was built February 1957 as Chicago & Eastern Illinois #236, later became Missouri Pacific #343, later Louisville & Nashville #543, then L&N #2412. Unit was releawed from GP16 rebuild ppogram in November 1982 as Seaboard System #4805 and …

Bay Colony filed for abandonment of all its unused Medfield-Newton territory a few months ago to make way for the rail trail, but they explicitly stated in the STB filing that they're holding on to Medfield-Millis.

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Sep 23, 2012 · Road #s 1930-1953 were reserved for future GP-9s that were to be built from FT-A/FT-B units, but this never happened due to economic conditions. Bought new, Leslie S3 horn, This loco and the train it was pulling were involved in the 1959 wreck on the Ogeechee River trestle near Meldrim, GA.

WalthersMainline Phase II Chopped Nose GP9 is a must-have model for your 1960s and later diesel roster!