Jan 13, EMD “SD9” Locomotives

The GP9 followed the GP7 in 1954. With a slight increase in horsepower, EMD’s second model was amazingly even more successful with more than 4,300 […]

The Reading Railroad known in later years by its slogan, “Bee Line Service,” is historically remembered as a successful anthracite coal hauler.

The E8, along with the earlier E7, proved to be the pinnacle for passenger models as rail travel was starting to wane during the 1950s.