The GM-EMD GP and SD Engines ("Geeps")
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Gilbert made 13 GM-EMD (General Motors ElectroMotive Division) GP Engines, not counting the variations on some of the 13. Lionel made 41 more up to 2019, and continues to make them. Because there are so many, I have split them up over four web pages:

Gilbert Geeps   all are on page 1
Lionel Geeps    #8350 through #8551 are also on page 1
                         #8552 through #48007 are on this page
                         #48009 through #48051 are on page 3
                         #48058 and above are on page 4

Sometimes called "line switchers," they were envisioned by GM as general purpose engines, hence the designation GP. The 6-wheel trucks were developed for "special duty" (hence SD) on lighter rail lines and Lionel followed GM's nomenclature.  David Dewey tells me "There are differences in body panels, louver locations, dimensions, etc." But body molds are so expensive that Lionel used a GP-7 body for the SD9s.

Ken Garber tells me the numbers indicate power: GP-7s were nominally 700 horsepower and the GP-9s 900.

Unless otherwise specified, the pictures on these pages are of engines in the collection of The Upstairs Train.

If you have a picture that you would like to share with the world of any of engines not shown here, or a better picture of one that is shown, email them to me: theupstairstrain@gmail.com

#8552 New York Central GP-9 made in 1986.
This engine pulled the HAR#4 New York Central Freight Set.

#44115 Boston & Maine #1567 GP7 Diesel Locomotive made in 2017 and 2018.
(Artist's rendering from the American Flyer 2018 catalog)

#44116 New York Central #5628 GP7 Diesel Locomotive made in 2017 and 2018.
(Artist's rendering from the American Flyer 2018 catalog)

#44117 Reading #619 GP7 Diesel Locomotive made in 2017 and 2018.
(Artist's rendering from the American Flyer 2018 catalog)

#44118 Great Northern #601 GP7 Diesel Locomotive made in 2017 and 2018.
(Artist's rendering from the American Flyer 2018 catalog)

#48000 Southern Pacific GP-9 made in 1987.
This engine should have a gray frame rather than a black one.
Back in the days when I was more an operator than a collector,
I bought the shell and swapped it with the shell of another Geep depending on which line I wanted to run.
Later I bought a chassis and frame to put it on, but wasn't careful enough about the color!
This engine pulled the HAR#5 Southern Pacific Freight Set.

Its unpowered mate is the #48002, which bore the number 8002.
This is the proper color scheme for both Southern Pacific Geeps.
This engine is also in the HAR#5 Southern Pacific Freight Set.

#48001 Illinois Central Gulf GP-20 made in 1987, which bore the number 8001.
(Picture courtesy of David Butterfield.)

The #48003 is the unpowered dummy mate to the #8551 Santa Fe GP-20.  Both were made in 1986.
While the engine bears the number 8553, the catalog number, and the number on the box, is 48003.

#48005 Pennsylvania Railroad GP-9 made in 1989, which bore the number 8005.
(Picture courtesy of www.oncetwicesold.net.)

#48007 Burlington Northern GP-20 made in 1990, which bore the number 8007.

The front

And the back

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