Jan 13, EMD “SD9” Locomotives

The City of Denver was part of the UP’s City fleet running between Denver and Chicago. This particular train survived until Amtrak began service.

The Olympian Hiawatha was Milwaukee Road’s home-built streamliner that connected Chicago and Seattle debuting in 1947. It was canceled in 1961

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