EMD GP9

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**EMD GP9**
Power type	Diesel-electric
A GP9 with Dynamic Brakes
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Build date	January 1954 – August 1963
Total production	4,092 (and 165 B units)
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 567C
Cylinders	16
Power output	1,750 hp (1.3 MW)
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)^[1]. 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 I railroads, or as switcher locomotives.

[edit] Preservation

Several GP9 locomotives have been preserved at various railroad museums and as "park engines". The geep is very popular among shortline railroad and can still be seen on the smaller railroads around the U. S.

CN GP9 leads a train up Yellowhead Pass.

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California rosters 3 of these units: 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.

[edit] Notes

^ The History of EMD Diesel Engines.

An MBTA GP-9 locomotive making a non-revenue move into South Station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

[edit] References

The History of EMD Diesel Engines. Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved on December 14, 2005.
Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

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4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD
BL2, GP7, GP9, GP15-1, GP15AC, GP15T, GP18, GP20, GP20D, GP28, GP30, GP35, GP38, GP38AC, GP38-2, GP39, GP39DC, GP39X, GP39-2, GP40, GP40P, GP40P-2, GP40TC, GP40X, GP40-2, GP49, GP50, GP59, GP60
(See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)