Western Railroad Discussion > The first Dash 9 GE ever built.

Good Morning everybody. I am wondering which railroad received the first Dash 9 that GE ever built. Which railroad owns it? What is its road number, and when was it build date?

The first Dash 9 was CSX 9000 built in July 1993.  However it and the other two in that order and the 50 unit order that followed were prototypes with the Dash 9 internals in a Dash 8-40CW carbody.

The first production Dash 9 was C&NW 8601 built in October 1993 and was sent to the test facility as GECX 8601 in a dark gray paint scheme with a GE logo.  It was delivered to C&NW (in C&NW paint) in December 1993 and is now UP 9665.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/14/17 09:58 by atsf5704.

Interesting info.

Here's a photo by sneebly in 2009.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2048962,2048962#2048962

And by ns2557 ion 2012
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2806766,2806766#2806766

And as CNW 8622 in 1994, posted 2004
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,819742,819742#819742

Ted in OR