An EMD GP9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January1954 and August1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.3 MW). This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP9B locomotives. The GP9B locomotives were built between February1954 and December1959. Image File history File links Canadian National Railways GP9 climbing near Yellowhead Pass. ... Image File history File links Canadian National Railways GP9 climbing near Yellowhead Pass. ... Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class... Canadian National Railways GP9 climbing in the Yellowhead Pass The Yellowhead Pass (elevation 1110 m, lat. ... A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
3,436 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 646 were built for Canadian railroads and 10 were built for Mexican railroads. Of the GP9B, 165 examples were built for American railroads.
References
Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973) The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide, Kalmbach Books, Waukesha, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4
4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD
(See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives) Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... The following is a list of locomotives produced by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD). ...
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