List of preserved EMD GP9 locomotives

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This is a summary, listing every EMD GP9 locomotive in preservation.

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EMD-built (high hood; GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
19201Indiana Transportation Museum 200April 1954March 6, 1980Operational on the Nickel Plate Express
Great Western RY GP9 296.jpg 19893Great Western Railway 296September 1954March 18, 1985Undergoing restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber, Utah
20696Western Pacific 725September 1955May 1985On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [1]
Elko (NV, USA), Elko Railroad Park, Western Pacific 727 -- 2022 -- 2710.jpg 20698Western Pacific 727Western Pacific Railroad (WP)February 1984On static display at the Elko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada
PRR 7000 GP9.jpg 20704Pennsylvania Railroad 7000October 1955-Operational at the Cape May Seashore Lines in New Jersey
PRR 7006, at RMP.jpg 20710Pennsylvania Railroad 7006
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
1985On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania [2]
Pennsylvania Railroad - 7048 diesel locomotive (GP9) 1 (27006200736).jpg 20752Pennsylvania Railroad 7048December 1955On static display at the Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania [3] [4] [5]
20754Western Pacific 731September 1955
  • Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
May 1985On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [6]
DGVR40 Staunton WJGrimes.JPG 20849Shenandoah Valley Railroad 40August 1955-Operational at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Harrisonburg, Virginia Currently wears C&O Colors and has been renumbered to 5940.
NSSR245.jpg 21090Northern Pacific 245February 1956-Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [7]
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad GP9 No. 101 July 2013.jpg 21703Port of Tillamook Bay 101June 1956-Operational at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OHCR) in Garibaldi, Oregon Named "County of Sanilac" by HESR
CSRX 1751.jpg 22036Conway Scenic 1751September 1956-Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire
Smoky Hill Railway & Historical Society 102 (GP9) (cropped).jpg 22050Belton, Grandview and Kansas City 102-Operational at the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad in Belton, Missouri
6499 new paint.jpg 22243West Chester 6499October 1956-Operational at the West Chester Railroad in West Chester, Pennsylvania [8]
B&O 6607 GP9 in Forest Glen, MD in December 1980 B33 (33945487616).jpg 22256Baltimore and Ohio 6607July 16, 1986Operational at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland [9]
Black Hills Central Railroad Company - 63 diesel locomotive (GP9) (Hill City, South Dakota, USA) (37586387664).jpg 22561Black Hills Central 63November 1956
  • Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O)
  • Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
  • Northeast Kansas and Missouri (NEKM)
  • Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance (CBRM)
  • Progressive Rail (PGR)
-Operational at the Black Hills Central Railroad in Keystone, South Dakota
PLRR 1921 at the Hobo Railroad, August 2012.JPG 22739Plymouth and Lincoln 1921-Stored at the Plymouth and Lincoln Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire
MBTA 902.jpg 22863MBTA 902January 1957-On static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois
22986Baltimore and Ohio 6512May 1957-Operational at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Harrisonburg, Virginia [10]
Heber Valley Railroad 5926.jpg 23224Heber Valley 5926December 1957-Operational at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
23230Boston and Maine 1732May 1957
  • Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)
  • Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
-Stored at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [11]
23236Heber Valley 5938June 1957
  • Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)
  • Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
  • Pan Am Railways (PAR)
-Under restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
Conway Scenic Railroad 1741.jpg 23239Boston and Maine 1741July 1957
  • Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)
  • Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
-Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire [12] [13]
Adirondack Scenic RR engine 6076.jpg 24301Adirondack Scenic 6076October 1957-Operational at the Northern Central Railway of York in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
514 passing platform.jpg 24505Nickel Plate 514March 1958April 5, 1985Operational at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania [14]
Norfolk and Western GP9 -620.jpg 24772Norfolk and Western 620October 1958 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)September 16, 1985Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in Spencer, North Carolina [15]
24838Norfolk and Western 686February 1959April 16, 1987Operational at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [16] [17] [18]
Naugatuck Railroad 859.jpg 24868Norfolk and Western 859June 1959
N&W GP9 514 Train 3, The Pocahontas, leaving Norfolk, VA on November 24, 1968 (25345240682).jpg 24956Norfolk and Western 514November 1958Unrestored, under ownership of the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society [19] [20] [21]
Norfolk and Western Railway No. 521 in December 2016.jpg 24963Norfolk and Western 521December 1958 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)February 10, 1988On static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia [22]
PDC4138FreightCPWestonShops.png 24968Grand Trunk Western 4138November 1958-Operational at the Prairie Dog Central Railway at Winnipeg, Manitoba [23]
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Picture from 2020 (GP9).jpg 25091Otter Tail Valley 1483January 1959April 22, 1985Operational at the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in Unity, Maine Leased to the Belfast and Moosehead Lake by the Otter Tail Valley Railroad, named "City of Springfield" by DME [24]

EMD-built (high hood; rebuilt GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuild dateRebuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
OKRX1 In Muskogee Oklahoma December 2020.jpg 19373OKRX 1June 1954GP10November 1967IC's Paducah, Kentucky shops-Stored at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [25]
SP 3194 (GP9) in Brisbane, CA at the east end Bayshore Yard in March 1981 (cropped).jpg 19483Southern Pacific 3194May 1954GP9RApril 21, 1978SP's Sacramento shopsMarch 26, 1997Operational at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, California [26]
19485Baltimore and Ohio 6641October 21, 19771993Operational at the West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC) at Elkins, West Virginia [27]
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway - November 2020.jpg 19978Southern Pacific 5623April 1955April 15, 1977Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)1991Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California "torpedo boat" version [28]
Engineer checking switching locomotive at Western Pacific Railroad Museum (5358098031).jpg 22897Southern Pacific 2873December 1956February 18, 1977
  • Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO)
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
April 1991Undergoing repairs at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [29]
SP 3769.jpg 22915Southern Pacific 3769January 1957GP9ESeptember 1974Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)July 23, 1987Operational at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [30]
ColebrookdaleRR first train II (14962605163).jpg 23328Pennsylvania Railroad 7580June 1957GP10-IC's Paducah, Kentucky shops-Operational at the Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown, Pennsylvania PRR Class EFS-17M
Pennsylvania Railroad GP9 No. 7236 at Colebrookdale Railroad Independence Day 2017.jpg 24288Pennsylvania Railroad 7236October 1959-- [31] [32]
SDA&E tracks cross the PCT SP 3873.jpg 25020Southern Pacific 3873February 1959GP9RJuly 1977SP's Sacramento shopsMay 21, 1996Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California [33]
25150Hoosier Southern 465GP9EDecember 1976September 18, 1995Operational at the Indiana Railroad Museum in French Lick, Indiana [34]
25152Albany and Eastern 1750GP9RJanuary 1978-Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon

EMD-built (low hood; GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
WMSR GP9 No. 25.jpg 19548Western Maryland 25May 1954-Awaiting restorationNear Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
2022-09-10 10 03 53 A passing tourist train on the Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad near Leadville in Lake County, Colorado.jpg 20644Leadville, Colorado and Southern 1714August 1955-Operational Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
Skunk Train Engine No. 66 - August 2005 - 01.jpg 22053California Western 66November 1956-California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [35]
22736Leadville, Colorado and Southern 1918August 1957- Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
WMSR GP9 No. 39.jpg 23270Western Maryland 39April 1957-Awaiting restorationNear Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
25301Leadville, Colorado and Southern 89May 1959-Operational Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
25632Southern Pacific 3709August 1959December 1986 Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California [36]

EMD-built (low hood; rebuilt GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuild dateRebuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
GSMR 1751 Bryson City.jpg 19968Great Smoky Mountains 1751May 1955GP9EMay 14, 1970SP's Sacramento shops1986Operational Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
Skunk Train - August 2018 - Stierch 02.jpg 19997California Western 65October 1954GP9RJanuary 1975
  • Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
  • Kyle Railroad (KYLE)
 California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [35]
Skunk Train Engine No. 64 at Fort Bragg Station - November 2011.jpg 20132California Western 64January 1955May 11, 1970-
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 1755 diesel-electric locomotive - July 2021 - 01.jpg 21359Great Smoky Mountains 1755April 1956GP9EFebruary 1974- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Scenic Railway train.jpg 24970Blue Ridge Scenic 4631November 1958GP9R1992GTW's Battle Creek Shops-Operational Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia
25038Illinois Central 8733December 1958GP11March 1980Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah shops2001 Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois [37]

GMD-built (high hood)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
A1083APXX 7438April 1957GP9-Operational Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions (APXX) at Stettler, Alberta
BNSF 1685.JPG A1091BNSF 1685March 1957- Prairie Dog Central Railway, Winnipeg, Manitoba "torpedo boat" version [38]

GMD-built (low hood; rebuilt GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuild dateRebuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
A714Canadian Pacific 8250December 1954GP9u1984CP's Ogden ShopsApril 28, 2015Operational Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad in Romney, West Virginia [39]
NewHope-4.png A1134Pennsylvania Northeastern 8218August 19571988 New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania [40] [41]
AMT 1311 (3340597454).jpg A1664AMT 1311March 1959GP9RMMarch 1990CN's Pointe St. Charles ShopsFebruary 14, 2011On static display Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec
Chesapeake & Delaware LLC locomotive parked in Jamesburg 2025.jpg A1721Black River and Western 1888July 1959GP9u1988CP's Ogden ShopsSeptember 2015Operational Black River and Western Railroad (BR&W) in East Amwell Township, New Jersey

Formerly preserved, scrapped

EMD-built high hood (GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
21888Conway Scenic 1757November 1956- Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire 2022Used as parts donor
Stone Mountain RR 6661 (EMD GP9) - 03.jpg 22019Chesapeake and Ohio 6661September 1956July 1986 Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad in Stone Mountain, Georgia 2011-

EMD-built high hood (rebuilt GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuild dateRebuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
22900Port of Tillamook Bay 3771December 1956GP9EDecember 1974SP's Sacramento shops1985 Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon 2010Shutdown of the POTB from a storm in 2007

EMD-built low hood (rebuilt GP9)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuild dateRebuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Diesel Engine No. 711.jpg 19104Great Smoky Mountains 711July 1957GP9RMay2, 1977C&NW's Oelwein, Iowa shops
  • September 1976 (UP)
  • December 20, 1989 (C&NW)
  • December 2022 (GSMR)
A field in Whittier, North Carolina 2022Destroyed in staged train wreck by MrBeast
Nantahala Train Ride - panoramio.jpg 19874Great Smoky Mountains 777September 1954May24, 1977 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "WPRM - WP 725". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  2. ↑ Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 11. Carstens Publications. 1992. p. 40.
  3. ↑ "Railroaders Memorial Museum Rolling Stock". www.railroadcity.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  4. ↑ Springirth, Kenneth (2017-05-17). Remembering the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fonthill Media.
  5. ↑ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Issue 84. 1982. Dover Printing. p. 27
  6. ↑ "WPRM - WP 731". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  7. ↑ "Diesel Locomotives". Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  8. ↑ "Equipment Roster". West Chester Railroad. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "B&O No.6607". B&O Railroad Museum. Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  10. ↑ "B&O GP9 restored to its original colors | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  11. ↑ "Boston & Maine GP9 1732". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Franz, Justin (2024-11-22). "Photo Line: The Return of Boston & Maine 1741". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  13. ↑ Franz, Justin (2020-12-24). "Historical Group Saves Boston & Maine GP9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  14. ↑ "N&W 2514". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  15. ↑ "N&W 620". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  16. ↑ "Naugatuck GP9s 686 and 859". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  17. ↑ "N&W 686". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  18. ↑ "N&W 859". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  19. ↑ Franz, Justin (2024-08-20). "Norfolk & Western GP9 Saved For Preservation". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  20. ↑ "EMD GP 9 #514 – Roanoke Chapter National Railway Historical Society" . Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  21. ↑ "N&W 514". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  22. ↑ "N&W 521". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  23. ↑ "Diesel Engine No. 4138 – Vintage Locomotive Society" . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  24. ↑ "N&W 1483". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  25. ↑ "OKRX 1 – EMD GP10". Oklahoma Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  26. ↑ "GGRM: Collection". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  27. ↑ Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 13. Carstens Publications. 1994. p. 64.
  28. ↑ "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  29. ↑ "WPRM - SP 2873". www.wplives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  30. ↑ "Rolling Stock of the Utah State Railroad Museum: SP 3769: GP9". Utah State Railroad Museum: Spencer S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Rail Center. Ogden, Utah: Ogden Union Station. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  31. ↑ "Colebrookdale Railroad's rebirth". Trains. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  32. ↑ "Our Train Cars". Colebrookdale Railroad. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  33. ↑ "Southern Pacific #3873". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  34. ↑ "ENGINE #465 | French Lick Scenic Railway". frenchlickscenicrailway.org. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  35. 1 2 "California Western Railroad". Central Coast Chapter NRHS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  36. ↑ "Southern Pacific #3709". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  37. ↑ "IC 8733". Monticello Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  38. ↑ "Diesel Engine No. 1685 – Vintage Locomotive Society" . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  39. ↑ "Equipment: From Locomotives to Passenger Cars". Potomac Eagle. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  40. ↑ "Diesel Locomotive 8218". New Hope Railroad. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  41. ↑ Franz, Justin (2022-11-07). "Fresh Paint for New Hope GP9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
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