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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
The Nickel Plate Road’s road-switcher scheme of black with three yellow stripes, plus yellow safety stripes on the ends, was simple but eye catching. Here, GP9s 510, 486, and 454 roll through Bellevue, Ohio, in summer 1959. The small “NYC&StL” on the short hood alludes to the road’s formal name: New York, Chicago & St. Louis.
J. David Ingles photo
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One of the most successful locomotives built by EMD, fortunately many GP9s still remain in operation today.
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