Always loved that mellow, yet reassuring, sound made by the 567 prime mover. Reminds me of watching Southern Pacific GP9s working local runs in Southern California.

I grew up in Paducah Kentucky 😂 from 1995 to 2005 and for me the home road will always be the Illinois Central

EMD also made the GP18 & GP20 which were successors to the GP9 and had the same basic cab and hood style. The 1800HP GP18 was sold from 1959 to 1964 but only sold 405 units, and the turbocharged 2000HP GP20 from 1959 to 1962, selling 260 units. The turbocharged 2250HP GP30 was the first attempt at a new look (using automotive styling!) and sold 948 units from 1961 to 1963. In 1963, EMD started production of the new "spartan cab" (angular roofs instead of rounded roofs) models GP28 (non-turbocharged) and GP35 (turbocharged), the last models produced reaching upper limits of the 567 design capabilities. In late 1965, EMD introduced the 645 engine in both turbocharged and non-turbocharged models in the 3000HP GP40 and 2000HP GP38 (and the six-axle SD lines as well.)

As a kid listened at night to GP-9s and RS-3s of the C&O and Detroit and Mackinaw RRs.

@user-mr3ct1dm9p

4 ай бұрын

You must have lived in Bay City, Mich.

@terryboyer1342

4 ай бұрын

@@user-mr3ct1dm9p I lived in Saginaw but spent a lot of time at my grandmothers house on Killarney Beach in Bay City. The D&M tracks ran right behind her house on Tobico marsh.

Great videos on the GP 7 and GP 9 - would love to see the SD 7, SD 9 and SD 24 covered

thanks for a intresting facts about the gp series locos. in sweden we got older type of diesel main line and shunterlocos. they are rebuilds.whith new prime mower and gens. keep up the good work. 👍👍👍👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

Love the Belt Railway of Chicago GP 9 at 1:50 with the super-rare friction bearing Blomberg trucks. BRC was supposedly very frugal with its early diesels and options so the company probably got five or ten bucks knocked off the price by going with those trucks, lol.

@suppylarue220

11 ай бұрын

BRC didn't need roller bearings since their use was limited to low speed switching and transfer runs.

Beautiful vintage workhorses that are still quite capable and viable rail freight options, you’ve got to love the longevity of a solid design ✌️🇺🇸

Your video are very well done , informative and highly interesting. Well done. Long live ALCO

@alcobufff

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

That was some awesome compressed history about a specific loco type that I did not expected. Very very nice!

I was looking for info about GP9 upgrades, and came across your video. Awesome, thanks. I enjoyed watching it. Great photos too.

Good stuff as always. GP-9's have long been a favorite for me. Great to learn that so many still exist in one form or another.

Excellent info and well delivered. I like double meat, double cheese burgers😅😅

Love seeing those bn gp's since I grew up with and love bn sd60's

Referring To. Highhoods and bull nose

EMD will also rebuild a GP9 to GP2x/GP3x ECO. Want your 75 year old engine to meet EPA T4 and make 3000HP, that can be done

@suppylarue220

11 ай бұрын

sadly that could never happen. the federal government is mandating 567 and 645s all be retired and scrapped.

@gdrriley420

11 ай бұрын

@@suppylarue220 The federal government is not and EMD has at least 1 demo GP23ECO built from a GP9. 645 can meet EPA T2 without DEF and likely T3 with def while 710 can reach T3 without DEF and T4 with

Your voice is perfect for this content! All that's missing is you slightly stumbling upon your words here and there, but you are a small content creator, and with time, we all improve. I can see your channel growing for a long time.

Great video as usual :) would love to see one on the SD50 sometime soon!

superb video. great info, thanks!

EMT had the backing of General Motors, General Electric was a large company, BOCES big companies could finance a railroads purchase of their diesel locomotives. Baldwin, Fairbanks Morse, Alco could not. With the railroads losing Freight to the trucks and the interstate and losing passengers to the airlines the market for brand new locomotives was shrinking. A hostile Workforce also does not help either. Both major locomotive companies introduced High horsepower locomotives intended to reduce the number of diesel locomotives needed to power train. In the end run though EMT unit reduced itself out of business. Many railroads also instituted rebuilding and upgrading of diesel locomotive instead of trading them in and buying new ones. With Alco locomotives they had all of their eggs in one basket as the saying goes.

ICRR had 4 of the GP 9 passenger units

Let's not forget New Haven was in receivership. It had to follow the orders of the bankruptcy court. Many of alco's customers were on the verge of bankruptcy. There is also a policy of standardization of diesel locomotives in regards to parts and service. Locomotives from Minority Builders suffered from poor maintenance and we're traded in instead of rebuilding. You can't sell locomotives two companies that have no money. Unless I get government financing like the Penn Central had. They bought thousands of locomotives and new Freight cars while their track was in horrible shape and loaded with slow orders. These purchases added to this bankruptcy woes

Nice

Long live the 2 stroke locos

Horsepower was : GP7. --1500 GP 9. --1750 RS11--- 1800

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@ 2:27... isn't the roots blower a form of a turbocharger?

What about the sd series

I lived on lackey st

And it is DEAD silent