EMD GP9

what is it?

The EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1954 and 1963. The GP9 succeeded the GP7 as the second model of EMD's General Purpose (GP) line, incorporating a new sixteen-cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.30 MW). This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP9B locomotives.

base stats

• speed 105 km/htop speed
• power 1.3 MWpower output
• weight 118 tin working order
• built 4,112made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1954–1963

number built

4,112

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel

top speed

105 km/h

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo'Bo'

length

17.1 m

weight

118 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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