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)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
SP 3194 (GP9) in Brisbane, CA at the east end Bayshore Yard in March 1981 (cropped).jpg 19483Southern Pacific 3194May 1954GP9RMarch 26, 1997Operational Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, California [1]
Great Western RY GP9 296.jpg 19893Great Western Railway 296September 1954GP9March 18, 1985Undergoing restoration Heber Valley Railroad in Heber, Utah
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway - November 2020.jpg 19978Southern Pacific 5623April 1955GP9R Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)1991Operational Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California "torpedo boat" version [2]
20696Western Pacific 725September 1955GP9May 1985On static display Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [3]
Elko (NV, USA), Elko Railroad Park, Western Pacific 727 -- 2022 -- 2710.jpg 20698Western Pacific 727September 1955 Western Pacific Railroad (WP)February 1984Elko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada
PRR 7000 GP9.jpg 20704Pennsylvania Railroad 7000October 1955-Operational Cape May Seashore Lines in New Jersey
PRR 7006, at RMP.jpg 20710Pennsylvania Railroad 7006October 19551985On static display Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania [4]
Pennsylvania Railroad - 7048 diesel locomotive (GP9) 1 (27006200736).jpg 20752Pennsylvania Railroad 7048December 1955 Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania [5] [6]
20754Western Pacific 731September 1955May 1985 Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [7]
NSSR245.jpg 21090Northern Pacific 245February 1956- Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [8]
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad GP9 No. 101 July 2013.jpg 21703Port of Tillamook Bay 101June 1956-Operational Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OHCR) in Garibaldi, Oregon
CSRX 1751.jpg 22036Conway Scenic 1751September 1956- Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire
Smoky Hill Railway & Historical Society 102 (GP9) (cropped).jpg 22050Belton, Grandview and Kansas City 102September 1956- Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad in Belton, Missouri
B&O 6607 GP9 in Forest Glen, MD in December 1980 B33 (33945487616).jpg 22256B&O 6607October 1956July 16, 1986 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 Black Hills Central Railroad in Keystone, South Dakota
PLRR 1921 at the Hobo Railroad, August 2012.JPG 22739Plymouth and Lincoln 1921November 1956 Plymouth and Lincoln Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire
MBTA 902.jpg 22863MBTA 902January 1957On static display Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois
Engineer checking switching locomotive at Western Pacific Railroad Museum (5358098031).jpg 22897Southern Pacific 2873December 1956GP9R-Undergoing repairs Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [10]
SP 3769.jpg 22915Southern Pacific 3769January 1957GP9ESouthern Pacific Railroad (SP)July 23, 1987Operational Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [11]
Heber Valley Railroad 5926.jpg 23224Heber Valley 5926December 1957GP9- Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
23230Boston and Maine 1732May 1957-Stored Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [12]
23236Heber Valley 5938June 1957-Under restoration Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
Conway Scenic Railroad 1741.jpg 23239Boston and Maine 1741July 1957-Operational Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire [13] [14]
Pennsylvania Railroad GP9 No. 7236 at Colebrookdale Railroad Independence Day 2017.jpg 24288Pennsylvania Railroad 7236October 1959- Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown, Pennsylvania
514 passing platform.jpg 24505Nickel Plate 514March 1958- Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
24838Norfolk and Western 686February 1959- Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut
Naugatuck Railroad 859.jpg 24868Norfolk and Western 859June 1959-Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut
N&W GP9 514 Train 3, The Pocahontas, leaving Norfolk, VA on November 24, 1968 (25345240682).jpg 24956Norfolk and Western 514November 19581987UnrestoredOwned by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society [15]
Norfolk and Western Railway No. 521 in December 2016.jpg 24963Norfolk and Western 521December 1958 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)-On static display Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia
24968Grand Trunk Western 4138November 1958-OperationalPrairie Dog Central Railway, Winnipeg, Manitoba [16]
25152Albany and Eastern 1750February 1959GP9R- Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon

EMD-built (low hood)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
WMSR GP9 No. 25.jpg 19548Western Maryland 25May 1954GP9Awaiting restorationNear Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
GSMR 1751 Bryson City.jpg 19968Great Smoky Mountains 1751May 1955GP9E1986Operational Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
Skunk Train - August 2018 - Stierch 02.jpg 19997California Western 65October 1954GP9R California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [17]
Skunk Train Engine No. 64 at Fort Bragg Station - November 2011.jpg 20132California Western 64January 1955-California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [17]
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 1755 diesel-electric locomotive - July 2021 - 01.jpg 21359Great Smoky Mountains 1755April 1956GP9E- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
Skunk Train Engine No. 66 - August 2005 - 01.jpg 22053California Western 66November 1956GP9-California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [17]
WMSR GP9 No. 39.jpg 23270Western Maryland 39April 1957GP9Awaiting restorationNear Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

GMD-built (high hood)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
BNSF 1685.JPG A1091BNSF 1685March 1957GP9-Operational Prairie Dog Central Railway, Winnipeg, Manitoba "torpedo boat" version [18]

GMD-built (low hood)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDispositionLocationNotesReferences
A714Canadian Pacific 8250December 1954GP9u Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)-Operational Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad in Romney, West Virginia [19]
NewHope-4.png A1134Pennsylvania Northeastern 8218August 19572015 New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania [20] [21]
Chesapeake & Delaware LLC locomotive parked in Jamesburg 2025.jpg A1721Black River and Western 1888July 1959- Black River and Western Railroad (BR&W) in East Amwell Township, New Jersey

Formerly preserved, scrapped

High hood

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateBuilderModelFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
21888Conway Scenic 1757November 1956Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP9- 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-

Low hood

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateBuilderModelFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Diesel Engine No. 711.jpg 19104Great Smoky Mountains 711July 1957Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP9R
  • 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 1954
  • December 20, 1989 (C&NW)
  • December 2022 (GSMR)
 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "GGRM: Collection". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  3. ↑ "WPRM - WP 725". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  4. ↑ Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 11. Carstens Publications. 1992. p. 40.
  5. ↑ "Railroaders Memorial Museum Rolling Stock". www.railroadcity.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  6. ↑ Springirth, Kenneth (2017-05-17). Remembering the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fonthill Media.
  7. ↑ "WPRM - WP 731". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  8. ↑ "Diesel Locomotives". Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  9. ↑ "B&O No.6607". B&O Railroad Museum. Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  10. ↑ "WPRM - SP 2873". www.wplives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Boston & Maine GP9 1732". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Franz, Justin (2024-11-22). "Photo Line: The Return of Boston & Maine 1741". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  14. ↑ Franz, Justin (2020-12-24). "Historical Group Saves Boston & Maine GP9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  15. ↑ Franz, Justin (2024-08-20). "Norfolk & Western GP9 Saved For Preservation". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  16. ↑ "Diesel Engine No. 4138 – Vintage Locomotive Society" . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  17. 1 2 3 "California Western Railroad". Central Coast Chapter NRHS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  18. ↑ "Diesel Engine No. 1685 – Vintage Locomotive Society" . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  19. ↑ "Equipment: From Locomotives to Passenger Cars". Potomac Eagle. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  20. ↑ "Diesel Locomotive 8218". New Hope Railroad. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  21. ↑ Franz, Justin (2022-11-07). "Fresh Paint for New Hope GP9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
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