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ally, by 1960 competitors Fairbanks- Morse and Baldwin had left the domes- tic locomotive market. EMD was the dominant builder, their GP9, the domi- nant locomotive.
In production between January, 1954, and December, 1959, in the U.S. and un- til August of 1963 in Canada, a total of 4,112 GP9 locomotives were built along with 165 cabless GP9B’s. Sixty-three U.S. and nine Canadian roads bought GP9’s, and many were rebuilt, adding years to their usefulness. A respectable number survived until recent years, and at last report a few were still around. They could do just about any job on the railroad, and to make sure of it, EMD of- fered options that included dynamic brakes, different fuel tank sizes, winteri- zation hatches, and steam generators for passenger trains. For sure,
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The overall proportions of the engine and the details look good compared to prototype photos, and this includes the plane of the window glazing in relation
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