Does anybody know anything about this locomotive

[AstroKnight]

I was snooping about the web for images and info on this loco and I found some things, but I want to know more. Is there an HO scale model of this engine?

I found that this one was owned by the Finger Lakes railway, and Conway Scenic, but that’s it.

 

[AstroKnight]

It’s a GP9, not sure when or where the photo was taken but it was by my Grandfather; to the right of the picture, there’s a Family Lines or Seaboard Alco of some sort, don’t know anything about that.

 

[bnsf971]

I think that engine was cut up for scrap as part of a settlement with the EPA.

I found this link to a model of it, though it does have a different road number:

Atlas 48363 N Scale BPRR GP9 Diesel Locomotive w/o Decoder #202

Introduced in 1949, the Electro-Motive 1500hp GP-7 combined the machinery of the F7 with a hood-type carbody that offered high visibility and easy engine access. The GP-7 was used in pulling every conceivable type of train and was sometimes substituted for part of a set of cab units. The GP-9...

www.trainz.com

 

[AstroKnight]

I think that engine was cut up for scrap as part of a settlement with the EPA.

I found this link to a model of it, though it does have a different road number:

Atlas 48363 N Scale BPRR GP9 Diesel Locomotive w/o Decoder #202

Introduced in 1949, the Electro-Motive 1500hp GP-7 combined the machinery of the F7 with a hood-type carbody that offered high visibility and easy engine access. The GP-7 was used in pulling every conceivable type of train and was sometimes substituted for part of a set of cab units. The GP-9...

www.trainz.com

Did you find any that are HO scale

 

[Old 97]

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Link of interest.

 

[cv_acr]

B&P is Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (AAR reporting mark is BPRR).

It's a shortline in the Genessee & Wyoming family, hence the G&W corporate orange and black colours.

Locomotive model is GP9.