List of preserved EMD GP9 locomotives

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

EMD-built (high hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
19201 Indiana Transportation Museum 200 April 1954 GP9 March 6, 1980 Operational on the Nickel Plate Express
19373 OKRX 1 June 1954 GP10 - Stored at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1]
19483 Southern Pacific 3194 May 1954 GP9R March 26, 1997 Operational at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, California [2]
19485 Baltimore and Ohio 6641 1993 Operational at the West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC) at Elkins, West Virginia [3]
19893 Great Western Railway 296 September 1954 GP9 March 18, 1985 Undergoing restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber, Utah
19978 Southern Pacific 5623 April 1955 GP9R Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) 1991 Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California "torpedo boat" version [4]
20696 Western Pacific 725 September 1955 GP9 May 1985 On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [5]
20698 Western Pacific 727 Western Pacific Railroad (WP) February 1984 On static display at the Elko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada
20704 Pennsylvania Railroad 7000 October 1955 - Operational at the Cape May Seashore Lines in New Jersey
20710 Pennsylvania Railroad 7006
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
 1985 On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania [6]
20752 Pennsylvania Railroad 7048 December 1955 On static display at the Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania [7][8][9]
20754 Western Pacific 731 September 1955 May 1985 On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [10]
20849 Shenandoah Valley Railroad 40 August 1955 - Operational at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Harrisonburg, Virginia Currently wears C&O Colors and has been renumbered to 5940.
21090 Northern Pacific 245 February 1956 - Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [11]
21703 Port of Tillamook Bay 101 June 1956 - Operational at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OHCR) in Garibaldi, Oregon Named "County of Sanilac" by HESR
22036 Conway Scenic 1751 September 1956 - Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire
22050 Belton, Grandview and Kansas City 102 - Operational at the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad in Belton, Missouri
22243 West Chester 6499 October 1956 - Operational at the West Chester Railroad in West Chester, Pennsylvania [12]
22256 Baltimore and Ohio 6607 July 16, 1986 Operational at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland [13]
22561 Black Hills Central 63 November 1956 - Operational at the Black Hills Central Railroad in Keystone, South Dakota
22739 Plymouth and Lincoln 1921 - Stored at the Plymouth and Lincoln Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire
22863 MBTA 902 January 1957 - On static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois
22897 Southern Pacific 2873 December 1956 GP9R April 1991 Undergoing repairs at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [14]
22915 Southern Pacific 3769 January 1957 GP9E Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) July 23, 1987 Operational at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [15]
22986 Baltimore and Ohio 6512 May 1957 GP9 - Operational at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Harrisonburg, Virginia [16]
23224 Heber Valley 5926 December 1957 - Operational at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
23230 Boston and Maine 1732 May 1957 - Stored at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [17]
23236 Heber Valley 5938 June 1957 - Under restoration at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah
23239 Boston and Maine 1741 July 1957 - Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire [18][19]
23328 Pennsylvania Railroad 7580 June 1957 GP10 - Operational at theColebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown, Pennsylvania PRR Class EFS-17M
24288 Pennsylvania Railroad 7236 October 1959
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
  • Juniata Terminal Company, Inc. (JTFS)
  • Mobile Locomotive Services. Inc. (MLSX)
  • Midwest Rail (MR)
 - [20][21]
24301 Adirondack Scenic 6076 1957 GP9 - Operational at the Northern Central Railway of York in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
24505 Nickel Plate 514 March 1958 - Operational at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
24772 Norfolk and Western 620 October 1958 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) - Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in Spencer, North Carolina
24838 Norfolk and Western 686 February 1959 - Operational at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [22]
24868 Norfolk and Western 859 June 1959 -
24956 Norfolk and Western 514 November 1958 1987 Unrestored Owned by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society [23][24]
24963 Norfolk and Western 521 December 1958 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) - On static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia
24968 Grand Trunk Western 4138 November 1958 - Operational at the Prairie Dog Central Railway at Winnipeg, Manitoba [25]
25020 Southern Pacific 3873 February 1959 GP9R May 21, 1996 Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California [26]
25091 Otter Tail Valley 1483 January 1959 GP9 - Operational at the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in Unity, Maine Leased to the Belfast and Moosehead Lake by the Otter Tail Valley Railroad
25150 Hoosier Southern 465 February 1959 GP9E September 18, 1995 Operational at the Indiana Railroad Museum in French Lick, Indiana [27]
25152 Albany and Eastern 1750 GP9R - Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon

EMD-built (low hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition Location Notes References
19548 Western Maryland 25 May 1954 GP9 - Awaiting restoration Near Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
19968 Great Smoky Mountains 1751 May 1955 GP9E 1986 Operational Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
19997 California Western 65 October 1954 GP9R California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [28]
20132 California Western 64 January 1955 - [28]
20644 Leadville, Colorado and Southern 1714 August 1955 GP9 - Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
21359 Great Smoky Mountains 1755 April 1956 GP9E - Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina
22053 California Western 66 November 1956 GP9 - California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [28]
22736 Leadville, Colorado and Southern 1918 August 1957 - Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
23270 Western Maryland 39 April 1957 - Awaiting restoration Near Barton, Maryland, Owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
24970 Blue Ridge Scenic 4631 November 1958 GP9R - Operational Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia
25038 Illinois Central 8733 December 1958 GP11 2001 Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois [29]
25301 Leadville, Colorado and Southern 89 May 1959 GP9 - Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad in Leadville, Colorado
25632 Southern Pacific 3709 August 1959 GP9 December 1986 Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California [30]

GMD-built (high hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition Location Notes References
A1091 BNSF 1685 March 1957 GP9 - Operational Prairie Dog Central Railway, Winnipeg, Manitoba "torpedo boat" version [31]

GMD-built (low hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition Location Notes References
A714 Canadian Pacific 8250 December 1954 GP9u Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) - Operational Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad in Romney, West Virginia [32]
A1134 Pennsylvania Northeastern 8218 August 1957 2015 New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania [33][34]
A1664 AMT 1311 March 1959 GP9RM - On static display Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec
A1721 Black River and Western 1888 July 1959 GP9u - Operational Black River and Western Railroad (BR&W) in East Amwell Township, New Jersey

Formerly preserved, scrapped

High hood

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Builder Model Former operators Retire date Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes References
21888 Conway Scenic 1757 November 1956 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9 - Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire 2022 Used as parts donor
22019 Chesapeake and Ohio 6661 September 1956 July 1986 Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad in Stone Mountain, Georgia 2011 -

Low hood

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Builder Model Former operators Retire date Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes References
19104 Great Smoky Mountains 711 July 1957 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9R
  • December 20, 1989 (C&NW)
  • December 2022 (GSMR)
 A field in Whittier, North Carolina 2022 Destroyed in staged train wreck by MrBeast
19874 Great Smoky Mountains 777 September 1954
  • December 20, 1989 (C&NW)
  • December 2022 (GSMR)
 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina

References

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  2. ^ "GGRM: Collection". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. ^ Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 13. Carstens Publications. 1994. p. 64.
  4. ^ "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  5. ^ "WPRM - WP 725". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  6. ^ Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 11. Carstens Publications. 1992. p. 40.
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  8. ^ Springirth, Kenneth (2017-05-17). Remembering the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fonthill Media.
  9. ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Issue 84. 1982. Dover Printing. p. 27
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  11. ^ "Diesel Locomotives". Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  12. ^ "Equipment Roster". West Chester Railroad. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ^ "B&O No.6607". B&O Railroad Museum. Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  14. ^ "WPRM - SP 2873". www.wplives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "B&O GP9 restored to its original colors | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  17. ^ "Boston & Maine GP9 1732". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
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  24. ^ "EMD GP 9 #514 – Roanoke Chapter National Railway Historical Society". Retrieved 2025-11-02.
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  26. ^ "Southern Pacific #3873". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  27. ^ "ENGINE #465 | French Lick Scenic Railway". frenchlickscenicrailway.org. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
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