Diesel Locomotive Norfolk & Western EMD GP-9 #521

EMD GP-9 DESCRIPTION
- Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
- Production era: 1954 - 1963
- 4,015 produced (US and Canada)
- Used in passenger service
# 521
- Manufactured in 1958
- Known as "Redbirds," these locomotives replaced the N&W Class J steam engines in passenger train service
- Donated to the Museum by the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.