EMD SD9E

EMD SD9E
Southern Pacific SD9E units #4370 and #4423 at Medford, Oregon in July of 1986.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model SD9 SD9E Build date March 1954 – May 1956 Total produced 144 Rebuild date August 1970 – March 1980
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 40 in (1,016 mm) Wheelbase 48 ft 7 in (14.8 m) Length 60 ft 8.5 in (18.5 m) Fuel capacity 1,200 or 2,400 US gal (4,500 or 9,100 L; 1,000 or 2,000 imp gal) Lubricant cap. 200 US gal (757 L) Sandbox cap. 50 cu ft (1.4 m3) Prime mover EMD 567C Engine type V16 diesel Boiler Vapor-Clarkson Steam Boiler OK4625 Cylinders 16
Performance figures Power output 1,750 hp (1.30 MW)
Career Disposition Twelve units preserved, one stored, two units formerly preserved, remainder scrapped

The EMD SD9E was a rebuild from EMD SD9 diesel locomotives that were built by General-Motors Electro-Motive Division for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.^[1]

History

The Southern Pacific Transportation Company began ordering 150 EMD SD9 units from General-Motors Electro-Motive Division where they originally classified their units as DF-120, DF-121, DF-122, DF-123, DF-124 and DF-125, with the first 105 units being numbered as 5340–5444, and the other 45 units being numbered as 5449–5493.^[2] The Southern Pacific Railroad had 53 of their units #5340–5391 fitted with the Vapor-Clarkson Steam Boiler OK4625 type steam generator upon when those 53 units were ordered from General-Motors Electro-Motive Division.^[2]

Then, in 1965, Southern Pacific Railroad had reclassified their units as EF618-1, EF618-2, EF618-3, EF618-4 and EF618-5, as well as renumbering them as 3800-3966.^[2] Then, between August 1970 and March 1980, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company had rebuilt 144 of their units under the General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (G.R.I.P) and renumbered 142 of their rebuilt units as 4300-4441 and two additional rebuilt units being renumbered as 4450 and 4451, as well as reclassifying their 142 units as EF618E-1 and classified their two units #4450 and #4451 as EF618E-2, which had left six other SD9 locomotives un-rebuilt.^[2][3]

Preservation

Stored

• Southern Pacific SD9E #4451 is currently stored in derelict condition at Schellville, California where its future remains undetermined.

Currently preserved

• Southern Pacific SD9E locomotive #4364 (Now restored as #5399) is operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC).
• Southern Pacific SD9E #4404 is preserved at Western Rail Inc. (WRIX).
• Southern Pacific SD9E locomotive #4426 is currently operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum as Nevada Northern #204.^[4]
• Southern Pacific SD9E locomotive #4427 is currently being used in revenue freight service on the Dakota Southern Railway.^[5]
• Southern Pacific SD9E locomotive #4423 (Now restored as #5472) is operational at the Niles Canyon Railway.^[6]
• The Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) uses two SD9E units for switching and industry service. PNWR 1852 (ex- SP 4397) operates out of their Albany, OR Burlington Northern yard and PNWR 1854 (ex-SP 4433) is assigned to the rock train. Both locomotives are scheduled to be scrapped or rebuilt by the PNWR's parent company Genesee and Wyoming as part of a fine resolution agreement with the EPA.^[7]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

• Southern Pacific SD9E #4414 was used on the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB)^[8] until being scrapped in October 2010 after POTB went defunct.
• Southern Pacific SD9E #4450 "Huff" was used on the Golden Gate Railroad Museum^[9] before being donated to Western Pacific Railroad Museum alongside Southern Pacific SD9E #4404 until being scrapped in August 2013 due to its poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.

See also

• EMD SD9

References

Further reading

• Bassett, Mark S. & J. Joan (2011). Nevada Northern Railway. Arcadia Pub. ISBN 978-0738574752.
• "Cadillac SD9 #4450 Arrives at Museum". GGRM News. 1998-06-08. Archived from the original on 1999-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
• Burkhardt, D. C. Jesse (1994). Backwoods Railroads: Branchlines and Shortlines of Western Oregon (1st ed.). Washington State University Press. ISBN 9780874221046.
• Withers, Paul K. (1996). Diesel Era November/December 1996, Vol 7 No.6. Withers Publishing.
• Shine, Joseph (1991). SP into the '90's. Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 9780685752104.
• Shine, Joseph (1988). SP 1987/88 Motive Power Pictorial (1st ed.). Four-Ways West Publications. ISBN 9780961687434.
• Strapac, Joseph A. (1981). 1980 Southern Pacific Review (1st ed.). Shade Tree Books and Pacific Coast Chapter R&LHS. ISBN 9780930742041.
• Strapac, Joseph A. (1997). Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 4, SD7 and SD9 Locomotives (1st ed.). Shade Tree Books, Bellflower, California. ISBN 9780930742171. OL 8360777M.
• Shippen, Bill (1995). Southern Pacific 1995 Motive Power Annual (1st ed.). Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 9781885614087.
• Shippen, Bill; Shine, Joe (1999). Southern Pacific in Transition (1st ed.). Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 9781885614261.
• Limas, Peter (1998). Southern Pacific Rails, A Motive Power Finale. White River Productions. ISBN 9780965904049.

External links

• Southern Pacific SD9E Info Page
• List of EMD SD9E locomotives

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