EMD GP9

EMD GP9
An EMD GP9 equipped with dynamic brakes on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Staunton, VA.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD)
Build date	January 1954 – August 1963
Total produced	4,115 (and 165 B units)
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 567C
Cylinders	V16
Power output	1,750 hp (1.30 MW)
Locale	North America, South America

An EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division in the United States, and General Motors Diesel in Canada between January, 1954, and August, 1963. US production ended in December, 1959, while an additional thirteen units were built in Canada, including the last two in August, 1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567C sixteen-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.30 MW).^[1] This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP9B locomotives. All GP9B locomotives were built in the United States between February, 1954, and December, 1959.

Contents 1 Production 2 Rebuilds 3 Original buyers 3.1 GP9 locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA 3.2 GP9 locomotives built by General Motors Diesel, Canada 3.3 GP9B locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA 4 Preservation 5 Current Operators 6 Notes 7 References 8 See also

Production

A total of 3,444 units of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, with an additional 646 for Canadian railroads and ten for Mexican railroads. Five units were built for a railroad in Brazil, four units were built for a railroad in Peru and six units were built for a railroad in Venezuela. Of the GP9B, 165 examples were built for American railroads.

Rebuilds

There were 40 GP9M units built that are included in the 3,444 units built for United States railroads. A GP9M was built with parts from another older EMD locomotive, either an F unit or a damaged GP7. The use of parts from these older locomotives caused the GP9Ms to have a lower power rating than a GP9. This would be either 1,350 horsepower (1.01 MW) if the donor locomotive was an FT/F2 or 1,500 horsepower (1.12 MW) from F3/F7/GP7 locomotives.

Many rebuilt GP9s remain in service today with shortline railroads and industrial operators. Some remain in rebuilt form on some major Class I railroads, as switcher locomotives. Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway still have many in their fleets in 2007 as switcher locomotives.

Several GP9s were rebuilt with a 1,500 horsepower (1.12 MW) CAT 3512 and re-classified as GP15C.

Original buyers

GP9 locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator)	1	7252	to Western Maryland 33
Araraquara Railway, Brazil	5	1001–1005
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	52	700–751
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	194	675–696, 747–752, 3413–3425, 6447–6598, 6498 (2nd)
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad	5	76–80
Belt Railway of Chicago	3	471, 480–481	471 is GP9M
Boston and Maine Railroad	50	1700–1749	Remaining units to Guilford Rail System. The last 8 GP9's are on Pan Am Railways.
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway	4	104–107
Central of Georgia Railway	11	160–170
Central Railroad of New Jersey	2	1531–1532	GP9M
Central Vermont Railway	18	4923–4927, 4547–4557, 4928–4929
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	363	5901–6263
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	8	221, 229, 233–238	221, 229 are GP9M
Chicago and North Western Railway	59	1711–1720, 1725–1773
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	20	270-289
Chicago Great Western	1	120	GP9M
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”)	128	280–331, 2368–2443	2368–2443 renumbered 200–279 (not in order)
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	21	1312–1332
Clinchfield Railroad	2	917–918
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	24	5901–5904, 5911–5914, 5921–5924, 5931–5934, 5941–5944, 5951–5954
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad	13	980–992
Erie Railroad	6	1260–1265
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México	10	6602, 7101–7107, 7101–7102 (2nd)
Florida East Coast Railway	26	651–676
Georgia Railroad	3	1040–1042
Grand Trunk Railway	16	4442–4450, 4558–4559, 4902–4906	Grand Trunk Railway has since rebuilt the 4900's into GP9R and renumber into the 4600's with chopped noses. some of the 4600's have since sold, majority still reside with the CN ether in CN paint or GT paint.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad	54	1751-1767, 4134–4139, 4539–4549, 4907–4922, 4930–4933
Great Northern Railway	95	656–734, 900–915	900s were 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) GP9M 733-734 are 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) GP9M
Illinois Central Railroad	348	9000–9257, 9300–9389
Kansas City Southern Railway	4	162–165	162 is GP9M
Lehigh Valley Railroad	2	300–301
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	32	437, 441–459, 511, 513, 515–522, 553–554	511, 513 are GP9M
Meridian and Bigbee Railroad	1	102
Midland Valley Railroad	2	152–153	GP9M
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway	23	600–608, 700–713	600s were 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) GP9M
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (“Soo Line”)	24	400–414, 550–558	400s freight; 550s passenger
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central Railroad)	21	2400–2413, 2550–2556	2400s freight; 2550s passenger
Mississippi Export Railroad	1	60
Missouri Pacific Railroad	40	4332–4371
New York Central Railroad	160	5904–6028, 6041–6075
New York Central (Cleveland Union Terminal)	4	5900–5903
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”)	107	448–485, 486–509, 510–529, 530–534, 800–814, 448 (2nd), 482 (2nd), 496–497 (2nd), 503 (2nd)
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	30	1200–1229
Norfolk and Western Railway	306	10–13, 506–521, 620–699, 714–914, 813 (2nd), 817 (2nd), 799–800 (2nd), 805 (2nd)
Northern Pacific Railway	176	200–375	To Burlington Northern. Some have been rebuilt to GP28 standards called GP28M
Pennsylvania Railroad	270	7000–7269
Phelps Dodge Corporation (Morenci Mine)	14	30–43
Phelps Dodge (New Cornelia Branch Mine)	3	21–23
Seaboard Air Line Railroad	58	1798, 1801, 1900–1929, 1954–1979	1798, 1801 are GP9M
Southern Railway	2	2500–2501
Southern Railway (Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway	5	6245–6249
Southern Railway (Georgia Southern and Florida Railway)	2	8214–8215
Southern Railway (Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad)	2	302–303
Southern Railway (New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad)	2	6898–6899
Southern Pacific Company	255	5600–5719, 5730–5844, 5872–5891
Southern Pacific (Texas and New Orleans Railroad)	73	240–249, 280–283, 400–458
Southern Peru Copper Corporation	4	20–23
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway	6	150–155	150-153 had steam boilers; to BN 1975-1980
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (“Cotton Belt”)	12	820–831
Texas and Pacific Railway	14	1131–1144
Texas Mexican Railway	1	853
Union Pacific Railroad	219	130–248, 250-299, 300–349
Venezuelan National Railways	6	001–006
Wabash Railroad	12	484–495
Western Maryland Railway	20	25–32, 34–45
Western Pacific Railroad	8	725–732
Western Railway of Alabama	2	530–531
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway	4	1501–1504	2 to Norfolk and Western Railway, 2 to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Total	3469

GP9 locomotives built by General Motors Diesel, Canada

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Algoma Central Railway	2	171–172	Last GP9s built
Canadian National Railways	349	1724–1750, 2000–2024, 4100–4133, 4147–4156, 4228–4353, 4476–4538, 4560–4609, 4588–4601 (2nd)
Canadian Pacific Railway	200	8483–8546, 8611–8708, 8801–8823, 8825-8839
Quebec Cartier Mining	9	1–9	Built with low front hood
Midland Railway Company of Manitoba	1	2	to Burlington Northern Manitoba Limited 2
New York Central Railroad	12	6029–6040
Northern Alberta Railways	10	201–210
Ontario Northland Railway	6	1600–1605
Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway	54	124–177
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway	3	401–403
Total	646

GP9B locomotives built by Electro-Motive Division, USA

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Pennsylvania Railroad	40	7175B–7204B, 7230B–7239B
Union Pacific Railroad	125	130B–204B, 300B–349B
Total	165

Preservation

Several GP9 locomotives have been preserved at various railroad museums and as "park engines." The GP is very popular among shortline railroad and can still be seen on the smaller railroads around the U.S. The Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California rosters three of these units: Western Pacific Railroad 725 and 731, as well as Southern Pacific Railroad 2873, still painted in the Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad merger scheme. SP 2873 is a popular locomotive in the museum's Run a Locomotive program. There is also one is on display at the Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad #7048. It does not run but instead stays on one stationary piece of track. The 7048 replaced K4s Pacific #1361 which in 1986 was removed from the curve and rebuilt to haul excursion trains.

Current Operators

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad rosters a ex-Burlington Northern GP9 for MOW and switching operations in California The Buffalo & Pittsburgh railroad operates a former N&W GP9, now numbered 626. Its home yard is the Bradford, PA yard. The California Western Railroad, better known as the "Skunk Train," has three GP9s in their fleet.

In the Mid 80's to Early 90's Guilford Rail System started painting and renumbering there GP9's fleet into the Guilford Transportation scheme with the Springfield Terminal name on the side. In 2006 Guilford Rail System change there name to Pan Am Railways. Pan Am Railways still operate 8 of the 50 GP9's that are left in the roster, the rest either got scrapped or sold during the 80's, 90's, and 2000's. The last 8 GP9's still operating on Pan Am Railways, they are 45, 51, 52, 54, 62, 71, 72, and 77. 77 got painted into the B&M Maroon And Gold Scheme for Pan Am Railways Heritage fleet. In the future Pan Am Railways will be painting two other GP9's, one will be the B&M McGinnis bluebird scheme and the other will be a MEC harvest gold scheme.

Notes

References

• "The History of EMD Diesel Engines". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/emd/history/. Retrieved December 14, 2005. 

• Kristopans, Andre http://community-1.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ROADSWITCHERS567/page2.html

• Kristopans, Andre J. http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ANDRESGMLOCOMOTIVE/page2.html has the export GP9s toward the bottom of the page.

• Kristopans, Andre J. http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/GENERALMOTORSDIESEL/ has the Canadian GP9 serial numbers.

• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4. 

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives
• List of GMD Locomotives

4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD BL1 BL2 BL20-2 GP7, GP7B GP9, GP9B GP15-1 GP15AC GP15T GP15D GP18 GP20 GP20D GP22ECO GP28 GP30 GP30B GP35 GP38 GP38AC GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W GP38H-3 GP39 GP39DC GP39X GP39-2 GP40 GP40X GP40-2 GP40P GP40P-2 GP40TC GP49 GP50 GP59 GP60 GP60B GP60M (See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)