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 · Pennsylvania GP9B #3808-B (built as #7183-B) and GP9 #7269 at East Peoria, Illinois, circa 1967. American-Rails.com collection.

Dates: 1/54 to 12/59 (and 2/54 to 10/57 for GP9B)--Exterior Dimensions: GP9 and GP9B Total Length: 56'-02" Wheel Diameter: 40" Truck Wheel Base: 9'-00" Height to Top Engine Hood: 13'-11" Height to Top Cab : 14'-06" Cab Width: 10'-03" Engine Hood Width: 10'-00" Top of Walkway: 8'-09" Walkway Width: 4'-07.5" Center Bolster: 31'-00" Center Front ...

Jun 28, 2009 · The Electromotive Division GP9 is a 4 axle, 1,750 HP diesel electric locomotive built by EMD of Lagrange, Illinois from 1954 to 1963. Building upon the already successful GP7, EMD offered the GP9 as a go anywhere, do anything locomotive. The locomotive's 567C engine produced 1,750 HP, 250 more than that of a GP7.

bn gp9b #600 Description: Originally built as CBQ 980 by EMD in December of 1963 (builder #28302), it was rebuilt August of 1990 into GP39E #2938, Don C. Stewart slide

BNSF 1703 - the former BN 904, one of only four GP9bs on the system, assigned to the Havelock Shops, is still in its old paint, but wearing a new name and number. Lincoln, Nebraska 3/01.

For EMD's part in production of the GP9, the company completed 3,626 locos in the original GP9 form of which 165 of these were GP9B models (these lacking control cabs).

The GP9 succeeded the GP7 as the second model of EMD's General Purpose (GP) line, incorporating a new sixteen-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.30 MW). This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP9B locomotives.

Title: BNSF 1700, a rare GP9B Description: Never thought I would ever see a GP9B, but this is so cool, but it's in H1 paint. They are passing the deadline storage line.

Because of the model's increasing popularity, EMD eventually offered a cabless "booster" variant (known as a "GP9B")