EMD GP9 - Preservation

Preservation

Several GP9 locomotives have been preserved at various railroad museums and as "park engines." The GP is very popular among shortline railroad and can still be seen on the smaller railroads around the U.S. The Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California rosters three of these units: Western Pacific Railroad 725 and 731, as well as Southern Pacific Railroad 2873, still painted in the Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad merger scheme. SP 2873 is a popular locomotive in the museum's Run a Locomotive program. There is also one is on display at the Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad #7048. It does not run but instead stays on one stationary piece of track. The 7048 replaced K4s Pacific #1361 which in 1986 was removed from the curve and rebuilt to haul excursion trains.

  • CN GP9 leads a train up Yellowhead Pass.

  • An MBTA GP9 locomotive making a non-revenue move into South Station in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • A modified EMD GP9 of the Seminole Gulf Railway, Fort Myers, Florida.

  • This CN rebuilt GP9 GTW 4621 is sitting in front of Cytec Industries in Kalamazoo,MI.

  • This GTW rebuilt GP9 4619 is heading south on the Kalamazoo spur in Kalamazoo, MI.

  • An example of a BN GP28M rebuild

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