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 two web pages:

Gilbert Geeps   all are on page 1
Lionel Geeps    #8350 through #8551 are also on page 1
                         #8552 through #48007  are on page 2
                         #48009 through #48051 are on page 3
                         #48058 and above are on this page

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 large 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

#48058 SD-9 Diesel sold only as part of the 49615 Chessie Freight Set made in 2006.
I really like the Chessie color scheme!

Here's the front.

And the back.

#48065 American Flyer SD9 made in 2007, which bore the number 1956.
(Picture from the Lionel online catalog.)

#48066 Union Pacific SD9 made in 2007, which bore the number 450.
(Picture courtesy of Mark Kiner.)

#48071 Canadian National GP-9 made in 2008.
(Picture courtesy of Bruce Papky.)

#48088 North Pole Express GP-9 made in 2011 and 2012.

#1921150 Atlantic Coast Line #164 GP7 made in 2019.
(Artist's rendering from the Lionel 2019 Big Book catalog)

#1921160 EMD Demo #100 GP7 made in 2019.
(Artist's rendering from the Lionel 2019 Big Book catalog)

#1921170 Frisco #611 GP7 made in 2019.
(Artist's rendering from the Lionel 2019 Big Book catalog)

#1921180 Rio Grande #5100 GP7 made in 2019.
(Artist's rendering from the Lionel 2019 Big Book catalog)

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