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EMD GP9R
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division· designation of EMD GP9 locomotives rebuilt by various railroad/contractor shops
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WSOR 753 EMD GP9R: Nate Beal· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Canadian National 4618: en:User:Railfan Jack· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. INPR GP9R in Fruitland ID: Billy the kid12· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD GP9R is a rebuild from EMD GP9 diesel locomotives that were rebuilt between 1970 - 1993 by the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Some of these units are still in service today.
base stats
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
- 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
- —
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 118 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q126163895, Wikipedia: EMD GP9R (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.