Rebuilt at C&NW Shops Oelwein, Iowa, GP9R 4532 first number 1729 acquired a chopped short hood. Clinton, Iowa, October 10, 1986. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad on 12 January 1989. Mike Bledsoe... (more)

GMRC GP9R 804 pulls up next to a railroad mural on the side of a Lisai's Country Market in Chester, VT

GTW 4622 leads CN L516 as it storms through Ivanhoe in Gary, Indiana

There was a small era that CN had a few of these old CN GP9's running around on locals in Iowa. I didn't get this much but one of my chases did feature a trio of them on the Waterloo local towards... (more)

Green Mountain Railroad's Fall Foliage train lead by veteran GP9R 804 rolls along the Williams River as it enters Cavendish Gulf

Green Mountain Railroad's veteran GP9R #804 is seen rolling out of Chester Depot with the final 2018 Foliage Train on the Vermont Rail System. The train is seen westbound on the GMRC Bellows Fall... (more)

After putting on a smoke show to obliterate the previous day's photo at this location, engineer Jason waited a few seconds longer to come out of the slow order on October 21, allowing this shot of... (more)

The final 2018 GMRC Fall Foliage train heads westbound through Cavendish, Vermont, with GMRC GP9R 804 leading and VTR GP40-2 307 MU'd through the train in trail position. The train is seen just p... (more)

A pair of Grand Trunk GP9R's work the Canadian National yard in Dubuque, Iowa. These veteran EMD's are still earning their keep in fallen flag paint on this beautiful March day.

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Green Mountain Railroad 804 gets up to speed after departing the Chester depot with a fall foliage train.

Green Mountain Railroad 804 paces alongside the Williams River in Chester with a Fall Foliage Train.

GMRC GP9R 804 is running the west end of the Green Mountain Railroad Fall Foliage Train and looks right at home on GMRC rails. The 804 is a worthy replacement for the GMRC Alco RS1 405 that usuall... (more)

The Green Mountain Railroad Dinner Train arrives at Summit with the GMRC GP9R 804 doing the honors on a cold fall evening in Vermont.

On October 12, Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad Cocktail Train is seen running from Rockingham to Chester, Vermont, on the final night of it's 2018 season. The west end of the consis... (more)

Carolina Coastal train 120 blasts off from Hexacomb on a warm Monday afternoon with a pair of ex Grand Trunk GP9R's in command.