EMD GP9

EMD GP9
A CN GP9 leads a train up Yellowhead Pass
Type and origin Power type Diesel Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Build date January 1954 – August 1963 Total produced 4,092 (and 165 B units)
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge Template:4ft8.5in Prime mover EMD 567C Cylinders 16
Performance figures Power output 1,750 hp (1.3 MW)
Career Locale North America

An EMD GP9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and August 1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.3 MW). This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP9B locomotives. The GP9B locomotives were built between February 1954 and December 1959.

3,436 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 646 were built for Canadian railroads and 10 were built for Mexican railroads. Of the GP9B, 165 examples were built for American railroads.

Many rebuilt GP9s remain in service today with shortline railroads and industrial operators. Some remain in rebuilt form on some major Class One Railroads

A GP9 of the Seminole Gulf Railway -- Fort Myers, Florida.

Preservation

Several GP9 locomotives have been preserved at various railroad museums and as "park engines".

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California rosters 3 of these locomotives: Western Pacific 725 and 731 as well as Southern Pacific 2873, still painted in the Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger scheme. SP 2873 is a popular locomotive in the museum's Run-A-Locomotive program.

References

• "The History of EMD Diesel Engines". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved December 14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.