Chicago and North Western 7009

Chicago and North Western 7009 is an EMD SD50 diesel locomotive that was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company in November 1985.

Construction and revenue service
Chicago and North Western 7009 was manufactured in November of 1985 by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) at La Grange, Illinois and was delivered to the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company that same year in 1985 and was given its number of 7009.

No. 7009 was one of 35 EMD SD50 locomotives to be ordered by the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company as they were needed for moving Powder River Basin coal across the Chicago and North Western's system. When the Chicago and North Western had merged into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1995, the railroad kept the locomotive's number of 7009.

Retirement and preservation
On April 20th, 2001, Union Pacific had retired the unit and then sold the unit to the National Railway Equipment Company (NREX) in Silvis, Illinois and served under National Railway Equipment until being retired again in 2006. The unit was then donated to the Illinois Railway Museum in November 15th, 2022.

As of 2024, No. 7009 is currently under ownership of the Illinois Railway Museum where it still remains at the museum to this day as its the first EMD SD50 to be preserved, as well as being the first EMD SD50 in the Illinois Railway Museum's collection.