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Electro-Motive GP9 Diesels
5926 was built in December 1955, #21199, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5926, Class MRSE-17. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was transferred to B&0 5926, Class GP-9, on August 1, 1969. It was retired on August 8, 1983 and sold to Electro-Motive on March 12, 1984. It was sent to scrap on Naporano Iron & Metal on April 11, 1986.
5943 was built in August 1955, #20852, as C&O 5943 Class MRSE-17. It was reclassified as Class GP-9 in 1964 and was tramsferred on August 1, 1969, to B&O 5943, Class GP-9. It was assigned CSX Transportation 0276 and retired on October 24, 1986. It was sold to Colleton County Ry as 5943 on October 25, 1986, and was taken into Hampton & Branchville as 5943 on January 24, 1988.
6434 was built in May 1955, #20438, as 684, Class RSE-8c. It It was renumbered in 1957, Class FSE-2, and became Class GP-9 in 1964 It was assigned CSX Transportation 0434 but retired in August 1986 and sold for scrap Midwest Steel and Alloy in March 1987.
6472 was built in August 1956, #22216, as Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX 0472. It was retired in August 1986 and sold to Midwest Steel and Alloy in March 1987,
6506 was built in October 1956, #22250, as Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX 0506. It was sold to West Virginia Railroad Maintenance Authority on July 40, 1986 and assigned as South Branch Valley 6506. It was retired in 1997.
6566 was built in July 1957, #23040, as Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX 0566. It was retired in August 1986 and sold to Midwest Steel and Alloy in March 1987.
6590 was built in February 1985, #24374, as Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX 0590. It was retired on January 9, 1987, and was sold as Georgia Eastern RR as 6590 on January 19, 1987. It became Georgia Woodlands RR on June 7, 1988, and later sold to Chicago Rail Link In February 1993 as 59.
6604 was built in April 1955, #20421, as 751, Class RSE-9c. It became 3411, Class PSE-2, in 1957, and 6604, Class FSE-4 in June 1958. It was reclassed Class GP-9 in 1964 and leased to Central RR of New Jersey as 6604 on April 15, 1968. It was returned to B&O 6604 on November 10, 1969 and later sold to WVRRMA on September 29, 1983. It was assigned to SBV as 6604 in 1985 and painted to the B&O scheme in May 1992..
6618 was built in October 1956, #22424, as 3425, Class RSE-9C. It was renumbered as 6618, Class PSE-2. It was rebuilt as Class FSE-4 in 1958 and reclassified Class GP-9 in 1965. It was sold on April 21, 1987, to Steel Processing Corp. Then it was sold on February 16, 1988, to Mid Michigan RR as 618. It was transferred in 1989 to North Carolina & Virginia RR as 618 and then to Virginia Southern as 618 in November 1989.
6662 was built in September 1956, #22021, as C&O 6113, Class MRSE-17. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and transferred to B&O 6662, Class GP-9, on July 24, 1968. It was assigned CSX 0662 and retired on November 9, 1984. It was traded in to Electro-Motive.
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