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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 ]
GP9 Northern Pacific Railway; Burlington Northern Railroad; Independent Locomotive Service; North Shore Scenic Railroad - On static display Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [3] B&O 6607 October 1956 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Golden Spike Railroad Services; July 16, 1986 Operational
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW) was studying options for a low-horsepower switcher locomotive that would replace their fleet of GP9 units. Following the ending of EMD’s GP15-1 program, and the lowest horsepower locomotive in EMD’s catalogue had concluded the 3,000hp GP59, which used a 710 prime mover.
GP9 Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah: 3855: EMD GP9/GP9R Stored, South Haven, Kansas. Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc. Portland and Western 1801 3873: EMD GP9 Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California [22] 3885: EMD GP9/GP9R Operational, Mount Hood Railroad, Portland, Oregon
EMD GP9: B-B: 500–521: 1957–1958: 22: Passenger units, painted maroon EMD GP9: B-B: 620–699: 1958–1959: 80: N&W 620 remains in operation at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Originally in the black freight color scheme, she was repainted to tuscan in 1986 to reflect her role in pulling the museum's passenger train. EMD GP9: B-B: 10–13: ...
Type Road number Build year Total produced AAR wheel arrangement Prime mover Power output Image EMC 1800 hp B-B: ATSF 1: 1935 1 B-B+B-B: Dual Winton 12-201-A: 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
The GP9 became the most-produced EMD model ever, with 4,112 A units and 165 B units sold between 1954 and 1963. Owing to their ease of maintenance and versatility, most locomotives sold in North America since the introduction of the GP9 have been road-switcher, or hood, units.
SEMTA Commuter Rail, also known as the Silver Streak, was a commuter train operated by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.