Jan 13, EMD “SD9” Locomotives

The GP50 was a late model, and powerful Geep cataloged during the 1980s that saw few sales as railroads turned away from four-axle road-switchers.

The SD9 was the six-axle version of its popular and successful GP9. It proved the bestselling first-generation road-switcher EMD cataloged.

The George Washington became the C&O’s flagship train between Cincinnati and Norfolk after it was inaugurated in 1932. It survived until Amtrak in 1971.