Oriental Limited Union Pacific HO Scale Brass E9 A-B Diesel locomotives, #951

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The E9 was a 2,400-horsepower(1,790 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train -hauling diesel locomotive built by General Motors ' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between April 1954 and January 1964. 100 cab-equipped lead A units were produced and 44 cabless booster B units , all for service in the United States . The E9 was the tenth and final model of EMD E-unit and differed from the earlier E8 as built only by the newer engines and a different, flusher-fitting mounting for the headlight glass, the latter being the only visible difference. Since some E8s were fitted with this, it is not a reliable way to distinguish the two. The E9 had two 1,200 hp (895 kW), V12 model 567C engines, each engine driving one generator to power two traction motors . The E9 powered American passenger and mail trains from the 1950s into the late 1970s. Many of America's finest trains — such as Union Pacific Railroad 's "City" fleet, Burlington 's "Zephyr" fleet and Southern Pacific Railroad 's Coast Daylight and Sunset Limited — had E9s pulling them. E9s and their E7 and E8 kin ran throughout the country on lesser-known passenger trains, Chicago 's network of commuter trains and many mail and express trains. As America's passenger train service began to shrink due to unprofitability, Union Pacific, Rock Island and Illinois Central Railroad began using read more

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