Western Maryland Photographic Roster Reporting Marks: WM Showing Locomotive model GP9 Click on a locomotive to view pictures

Western Maryland "Chop-job" GP-9 sits alongside a former Long Island caboose at Barton, MD. The trackage is former Western Maryland and is now Ihe Georges Creek RR.

Brakemen 'Buzz' is guiding chop nosed GP-9 #6400 backwards as it retrieves empty covered hoppers at the feed mill. It is now preserved in its original Western Maryland paint scheme on …

A chop-nose EMD GP9 in circus colors at Port Covington Yard in Baltimore in October 1975.

WM GP9 5940 formally a C&O GP9 before being transfered to the WM during the Chessie era. It was donated to the City of Cumberland by CSX in 1986 and is now leased to the Virginia Central in Staunton, VA. The B&O Museum in Baltimore, Md. has a good collection of WM equipment.

29 GP9 DS-24 Feb-55 EMD 1750 Low nose, dynamic brakes. 30 GP9 DS-24 Feb-55 EMD 1750 Low nose, dynamic brakes. 31 GP9 DS-24 Sep-55 EMD 1750 Low nose, dynamic brakes. B B B 32 GP9 DS-24 Sep-55 EMD 1750 Low nose, dynamic brakes. 33 GP9 DS-24 Apr-55 EMD 1750 Former EMD demonstrator. Low nose, DB's.

Since the unit was painted in the C&O blue and yellow scheme, the relettering created one of the few blue and yellow WM units. To see my WM GP9 project check out my Front Range GP9 page.

Apr 2, 2015 · A website you may find helpful is the "Western Maryland Railway in N Scale." Although it is geared toward N scale as indicated by the title, it contains much useful prototype information and has a page which discusses the WM GP7 and 9 units in detail.

A signature diesel for your HO railroad, the WalthersProto EMD GP9 Phase II Low Nose is a real workhorse! With revised tooling and road-specific details, the models are based on prototypes built from 1955 to 1957 (known to modelers and railfans as the "phase two" version), and many are still in service today.

Western Maryland purchased 21 GP-9s between May 1954 and June 1957. These engines were delivered in the black and gold paint scheme and over time 9 units were repainted to the red, white, and black scheme. All units had their short hood chopped down for better visability.