Nickel Plate Road 514 (1958 EMD GP9)

            Steamtown NHS, Scranton, PA

Locomotive #514 rolled out of the La Grange, IL locomotive works of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1958, putting it near the end of the production run of the famous GP-9 locomotives ("GP" designates a General Purpose locomotive, and "9" was the model number). The Nickel Plate Road (NYC&St.L) was one of the last major steam railroads to switch to the new diesel-electric locomotives.

The locomotive became part of the Norfolk & Western system in the 1960s after a merger with the Nickel Plate. On April 5, 1985, the locomotive was signed over to the Steamtown Foundation in Scranton, PA, as part of a trade which gave the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia, clear title to the A-class steam locomotive N&W #1218.

Today, #514 appears in it's original Nickel Plate colors. While not part of the historic collection, it is used in the yards for switching and as a backup locomotive while our historic steam locomotives undergo maintenance and repair.

Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Scranton (show map)

Taken on: June 21, 2008

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Steamtown NHS

Scranton PA

NKP 514

Nickel Plate Road

EMD GP9

Built: 1958

New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR « less

Sets appears in: • Steamtown NHS, Scranton, PA • Pennsylvania trains

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