List of preserved EMD SD9 locomotives

This is a summary, listing every EMD SD9 locomotive in preservation. All are listed by serial number.

Currently preserved

Korea

Works no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
- Korail 5025 - Korail - Plinthed at the Daejeon MPD in Daejeon, South Korea

United States

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
18780 Milwaukee Road 532 February 1954 SD10 2001 Operational at the Whitewater Valley Scenic Railroad (WVSR) in Connersville, Indiana [1]
19340 BNSF 1550 February 1954 SD9-3 - Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [2]
19441 BUGX 4324 April 1954 SD9E - Stored at the Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) in Burlington, Iowa.
19442 Southern Pacific 4451 April 1954 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) August 30, 1995 Stored in Schellville, California
19443 Southern Pacific 4303 April 1954 SD9E September 18, 1995 Stored at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada
19455 BUGX 4304 May 1954 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) - Stored in Willits, California (coordinates: 39.40685335394528, -123.34882005167984)
19940 Southern Pacific 5399 February 1955 SD9E - Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) at Lebanon, Oregon [3]
19956 Southern Pacific 4436 April 1955 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) March 26, 1997 Stored in Schellville, California
19990 Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad 1221 June 1955 SD9 Reserve Mining - Operational at the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) at Wells, Michigan
20121 Port of Tillamook Bay 6139 December 1954 SD9 - Operational at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in Garibaldi, Oregon
20204 Portland and Western 1854 April 1955 SD9E
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
  • Willamette Valley Railroad (WVR)
  • Lavacot Locomotive Works (LLW)
  • Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR)
 - Donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation in Portland, Oregon
20206 Southern Pacific 4404 April 1955 SD9E
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
  • Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM)
  • Western Rail, Inc. (WRIX)
 - Operational at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) in Usk, Washington (coordinates: 48°18'22.7"N 117°16'24.6"W) [4]
20215 Nebkota Railway 613 May 1955 SD9E August 30, 1995 Sold to the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW)
20214 WRIX 439 May 1955 SD9E
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
  • Tacoma Eastern Railway (TE)
  • Livingston Mountain Locomotive Works (LMLX)
  • Yreka Western Railroad (YW)
 - Operational at Western Rail Inc. at Airway Heights, Washington
20216 BUGX 1852 May 1955 SD9E
  • 1995 (SP)
  • 2023 (P&W)
 Stored in Galesburg, Illinois
20228 WRIX 602 January 1955 SD9E - Operational at J. D. Heiskell and Company, Inc. in Pixley, California
20235 Turlock and Western 4409 January 1955 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) December 23, 1998 Operational at the Turlock and Western Railroad (TWRR) in Chemurgic, California.
20236 Southern Pacific 4347 February 1955 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) - Stored in Schellville, California
20445 Black River and Western 9581 March 1955 SD9m 2010 Operational at the Black River and Western Railroad in Ringoes, New Jersey [5]
20448 Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway 205 April 1955 SD9 - Donated to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee Number is labelled as "206" instead of 205 [6]
20450 JD Heiskell 1886 June 1955 SD9m
  • Central of Georgia Railway (CofG)
  • Southern Railway (SR)
  • Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
 2010 Operational at J. D. Heiskell and Company, Inc. in Pixley, California
20562 BNSF 1727 August 1955 SD9 - On static display at the Brookfield Public Library in Brookfield, Missouri (coordinates: 39°47'08.4"N 93°04'25.5"W)
20584 BUGX 1552 October 1955 SD9-3
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
 - Stored in South Haven, Kansas
21293 Nevada Northern 250 February 1956 SD9E
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
  • BHP Nevada Railroad (BHP)
 September 18, 1995 Operational the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada Formerly no. 204. The unit will serve as 250 until 2027. [7][8]
21297 Southern Pacific 5472 March 1956 SD9E 1993 Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [9]
21305 Southern Pacific 4401 March 1956 SD9E Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) July 3, 1998 Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
21315 Nebkota Railway 614 April 1956 SD9E May 27, 1995 Sold to the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW)
23164 Norfolk and Western 2349 April 1957 SD9m
  • Nickel Plate Road (NKP)
  • Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)
  • Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
 - On static display at the Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio
23173 Nickel Plate Road 358 April 1957 SD9m 2010 Operational at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in New Haven, Indiana [10]
24100 Great Northern 598 May 1958 SD9
  • Great Northern Railway (GN)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
 2005 Undergoing restoration at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum at Reardan, Washington [11]
24101 Great Northern 599 June 1958 SD9
  • Great Northern Railway (GN)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
 - Cannibalized for spare parts for GN 598 at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum at Reardan, Washington [12][13]
25159 Burlington Northern 6234 April 1959 SD9 2003 Operational at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota [14]
25272 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 818 April 1959 SD-M - Undergoing restoration at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, Indiana [15]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Korea

Works no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Last seen Scrap date Notes References
- Korail 5020 - Korail - Busan Railway Vehicle Maintenance Group in Busanjin District, Busan, South Korea 2009

United States

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Last seen Scrap date Notes References
18777 Dakota Southern 506 January 1954 SD9 - Chamberlain, South Dakota October 15, 2021
19452 Southern Pacific 4450 April 1954 SD9E March 26, 1997 Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California August 20, 2013 [16]
19957 Dakota Southern 4427 April 1955 SD9E
  • Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
  • Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC)
 - Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC) in Chamberlain, South Dakota December 2023
22808 Royal Gorge 5305 July 1957 SD9 - Cañon City, Colorado October 2012 [17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Whitewater Valley Railroad - MILW 532". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
  2. ^ Berger, Eric (2022-04-20). "BNSF Donates SD9 to Lake Superior Railroad Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  3. ^ Danneman, Mike (2024-01-15). EMD Locomotives. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0320-7.
  4. ^ 04-13-13 FRRS Southern Pacific 4404 Sales Agreement WRIX March 2013 - Draft 2. Western Pacific Railroad Museum. 2013-04-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-08-24.
  5. ^ "Black River & Western Railroad". www.brwrr.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  6. ^ "SD9 Locomotive Joins TVRM's Collection". Tennessee Valley Railroad. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  7. ^ Franz, Justin (2024-07-02). "Nevada Northern Selects Paint Semiquincentennial Scheme for SD9". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  8. ^ "Nevada Northern introduces repainted locomotive for USA's 250th birthday". Trains. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Southern Pacific #5472". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  10. ^ "Project 358". Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  11. ^ "Great Northern SD9 #598 – Inland NW Rail Museum". inlandnwrailmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  12. ^ Berger, Eric (2023-02-15). "Inland Northwest Rail Museum Acquires Two Rare Diesels". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  13. ^ Cotey, Angela (2019-11-06). "Ex-GN diesel may be scrapped, not displayed | Trains Magazine". Trains. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  14. ^ "Diesel Locomotives". Minnesota Transportation Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  15. ^ "Elgin, Joliet & Eastern No. 818 :: Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum". www.hoosiervalley.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  16. ^ Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  17. ^ "Canon City & Royal Gorge (Royal Gorge Route) Locomotive Roster". www.drgw.net. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  18. ^ "DRGW 5305 Scrapping". www.drgw.net. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  19. ^ Cotey, Angela (2012-03-10). "Last Rio Grande SD9 scrapped". Trains. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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