They have since restored the engine to its as-delivered NC&StL paint scheme, given it back the number 710, and it has been in regular service - including pulling freight on occasion for the Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway, as well as working on the excursions last year operated on the former L&N Hook & Eye line in southeastern Tennessee.

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]

Amtrak GP-7 764 was being used at Race Street to switch Roadrailers and Express cars. Crawling through Cornwells Heights, viewed from the ADA platform. An ex-Amtrak GP9 in the shop.

Dec 19, 2024 · The following GP9 was nearly identical in appearance. However, the model, as part of EMD's so-called "9 Line," offered greater horsepower and even better reliability. By the mid-1950s, and the GP7's success, railroads had largely lost …

Apr 28, 2023 · Phases - GMD GP9. Although relatively few GP7's were built for Canadian railroads, several hundred GP9's were built by GMD, largely for CN and CP. While the phase details were generally the same as on US-built units, …

Title: Amtrak MoW GP9 Description: Amtrak MoW GP7 765 at the Odenton Maintenance of Way Base.

ILSX ex-Amtrak GP9 768 sits at Proviso Yard. Title: ILSX 768 Description: Sitting next to the Hump lead in Northtown.

A single, ex-CStPM&O GP7, number 160, was sold to Precision National, who resold the unit to Amtrak as their 769. Fifty-five GP9s were rebuilt to GP9Rs between 1971 and 1981, leaving 28 units of the 83-unit GP9 fleet that didn't make a trip through the Oelwein rebuild program.

The GP9 four-axle diesel locomotive was the successor to the GP7. The GP9 was first introduced in 1954, production ceased in 1959 in the US while production ended in 1963 in Canada. GP9 utilized a 567 prime mover capable of 1,750 hp. The locomotive had cab and non-cab derivatives.