List of preserved EMD SD9 locomotives

This is a summary, listing every EMD SD9 locomotive in preservation. All are listed by serial number.

Currently preserved in Korea

Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
23901	Korail 5025	October 1957	Korail	-	Plinthed at the Daejeon MPD in Daejeon, South Korea

Currently preserved in the United States

Photograph	Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	18780	Milwaukee Road 532	February 1954	SD10	Milwaukee Road (MILW) Soo Line Railroad (SOO)	2001	Operational at the Whitewater Valley Scenic Railroad (WVSR) in Connersville, Indiana		[1]
	19340	BNSF 1550	February 1954	SD9-3	Great Northern Railway (GN) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)	-	Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota		[2]
	19443	Southern Pacific 4303	April 1954	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) BHP Nevada Railroad (BHP)	September 18, 1995	Stored at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada
	19940	Southern Pacific 5399	February 1955		Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Willamette Valley Railway (WVR) Lavacot Locomotive Works (LLW)	-	Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) at Lebanon, Oregon		[3]
	19990	Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad 1221	June 1955	SD9	Reserve Mining	-	Operational at the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) at Wells, Michigan
	20121	Port of Tillamook Bay 6139	December 1954		Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB)	-	Operational at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in Garibaldi, Oregon
	20204	Portland and Western 1854	April 1955	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Willamette Valley Railroad (WVR) Lavacot Locomotive Works (LLW) Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR)	-	Donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation in Portland, Oregon, currently stored in Lebanon, Oregon
	20445	Black River and Western 9581	March 1955	SD9m	Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) Southern Railway (SR) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)	2010	Operational at the Black River and Western Railroad in Ringoes, New Jersey		[4]
	20448	Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway 205	April 1955	SD9	Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) Southern Railway (SR) Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW)	-	Donated to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee	Number is labelled as "206" instead of 205	[5]
	20562	BNSF 1727	August 1955	SD9	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)	-	On static display at the Brookfield Public Library in Brookfield, Missouri (coordinates: 39°47'08.4"N 93°04'25.5"W)
	21251	Great Northern 1729	June 1956	SD9	Great Northern Railway (GN) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)	-	Stored at Seattle, Washington
	21293	Nevada Northern 250	February 1956	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) BHP Nevada Railroad (BHP)	September 18, 1995	Operational the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada	Formerly no. 204. The unit will serve as 250 until 2027.	[6] [7]
	21297	Southern Pacific 5472	March 1956		Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY)	1993	Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California		[8]
	23105	South Branch Valley Railroad 181	February 1957	SD9	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B&LE) Larry's Truck and Electric (LTEX)	-	Stored at the South Branch Valley Rail Road in Moorefield, West Virginia		[9]
	23106	South Branch Valley Railroad 180	February 1957		Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B&LE) Larry's Truck and Electric (LTEX)	-	Stored at the South Branch Valley Rail Road in Moorefield, West Virginia		[9]
	23164	Norfolk and Western 2349	April 1957	SD9m	Nickel Plate Road (NKP) Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)	-	On static display at the Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio
	23173	Nickel Plate Road 358	April 1957		Nickel Plate Road (NKP) Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)	2010	Operational at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in New Haven, Indiana		[10]
	24100	Great Northern 598	May 1958	SD9	Great Northern Railway (GN) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)	2005	Undergoing restoration at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum at Reardan, Washington		[11]
	24101	"Great Northern 1731"	June 1958		Great Northern Railway (GN) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)	-	Cannibalized for spare parts for GN 598 at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum at Reardan, Washington	GN 599	[12] [13]
	25159	Burlington Northern 6234	April 1959		Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)	2003	Operational at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota		[14]
	25161	"Great Northern 1732"	April 1959		Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)	-	Stored at Seattle, Washington
	25262	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 814	April 1959	SD-M	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJ&E) Indiana Boxcar Corporation (IBCX) Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (C&I)	2009 (EJ&E) 2021 (C&I)	Operational at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, Indiana		[15] [16]
	25272	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 818	April 1959		Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJ&E) Indiana Boxcar Corporation (IBCX) Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (C&I)	2009 (EJ&E) 2021 (C&I)	Undergoing restoration at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, Indiana		[15] [17]

Preserved parts

Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Preserved part(s)	Location	Notes	References
19986	Port of Tillamook Bay 4405	April 1955	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB)	September 1993	Nose/Front hood	Astoria Riverfront Trolley Barn in Astoria, Oregon. (Coordinates: 46°11'08.4"N 123°51'32.5"W)
19983	Port of Tillamook Bay 4406	April 1955	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB)	1994	Frame, Cab and nose	Siding near Hangar B at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Korea

Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Former operators	Retire date	Last seen	Scrap date	Notes	References
23500	Korail 5020	July 1957	Korail	-	Busan Railway Vehicle Maintenance Group in Busanjin District, Busan, South Korea	2009

United States

Photograph	Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Last seen	Scrap date	Notes	References
	18777	Dakota Southern 506	January 1954	SD9	Milwaukee Road (MILW) Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC)	-	Chamberlain, South Dakota	October 15, 2021
	19452	Southern Pacific 4450	April 1954	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP)	March 26, 1997	Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California	August 20, 2013		[18]
	19957	Dakota Southern 4427	April 1955	SD9E	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC)	-	Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC) in Chamberlain, South Dakota	December 2023
	22808	Royal Gorge 5305	July 1957	SD9	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&GRW) Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) OmniTRAX (OMLX)	-	Cañon City, Colorado	October 2012		[19] [20] [21]

References

1. "Whitewater Valley Railroad - MILW 532". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
2. Berger, Eric (2022-04-20). "BNSF Donates SD9 to Lake Superior Railroad Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
3. Danneman, Mike (2024-01-15). EMD Locomotives. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-3981-0320-7.
4. "Black River & Western Railroad". www.brwrr.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
5. "SD9 Locomotive Joins TVRM's Collection". Tennessee Valley Railroad. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
6. Franz, Justin (2024-07-02). "Nevada Northern Selects Paint Semiquincentennial Scheme for SD9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
7. "Nevada Northern introduces repainted locomotive for USA's 250th birthday". Trains. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
8. "Southern Pacific #5472". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
9. "Diesels". Missabe Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
10. "Project 358". Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
11. "Great Northern SD9 #598 – Inland NW Rail Museum". inlandnwrailmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
12. Berger, Eric (2023-02-15). "Inland Northwest Rail Museum Acquires Two Rare Diesels". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
13. Cotey, Angela (2019-11-06). "Ex-GN diesel may be scrapped, not displayed | Trains Magazine". Trains. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
14. "Diesel Locomotives". Minnesota Transportation Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
15. "EJE EMD SD-M 804, 809, 811, 813, 814, 818 – CNRHA" . Retrieved 2025-09-10.
16. "Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 814 :: Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum". www.hoosiervalley.org. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
17. "Elgin, Joliet & Eastern No. 818 :: Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum". www.hoosiervalley.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
18. Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society . Retrieved 2024-09-23.
19. "Canon City & Royal Gorge (Royal Gorge Route) Locomotive Roster". www.drgw.net. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
20. "DRGW 5305 Scrapping". www.drgw.net. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
21. Cotey, Angela (2012-03-10). "Last Rio Grande SD9 scrapped". Trains. Retrieved 2024-10-30.