STAUNTON, Va. — A piece of Baltimore & Ohio locomotive history has been preserved. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad recently restored ex-B&O GP9 No. 6512 to its original blue and yellow paint scheme. The GP9 locomotive will be used on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad’s 20-mile short line between Staunton and Pleasant Valley in north central Virginia.
The railroad acquired the locomotive earlier this year from the Kanawha River Terminal facility in Ceredo, W.Va. The trans-loading operator purchased the locomotive directly from the Class I railroad for use in its small yard. Now, No. 6512 has been restored to reflect its original paint scheme and road number.
The locomotive was pictured outside of the Shenandoah facility in Staunton, Va. this week, displaying Durbin & Greenbrier reporting markings. The Shenandoah Valley Railroad serves numerous industries and interchanges between CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern.
