Jan 13, EMD “SD9” Locomotives

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.

The New York Central, known as the “Water Level Route,” was pieced together by Cornelius Vanderbilt and battled rival Pennsylvania for generations.

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