The Central of Georgia Survivors list fails to include several ex-NS SD9's that are still about, including this one that was JUST put in service by the Black River & Western on the Bel-Del line:
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos. ... 945,244965
There are a couple other ex-CofG SD9's about that Savannah might do well to pursue........
No. 201 - An SD7 bought in 1953, No. 201 became Southern Railway 197 and was eventually donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. When last contacted, VMT said there were no plans to do any restoration work on No. 201 in the foreseeable future. The unit is in very poor condition and has been targeted for de-accession at some point in the future.
Nos. 203-206 - Four SD9's that came to Savannah as part of a 1955 order. They eventually found work hauling coal on the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway in Pike County, Indiana. Norfolk Southern acquired the AWW on March 23, 2007, and since then the four units have been photographed at NS service facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Yankeetown, Indiana. They appear to be in revenue service and at the time they were last photographed had not been repainted in NS colors.
No. 207 - An SD9 from the 1955 order that included Nos. 203-206, No. 207 joined the Southern fleet after the 1963 merger and kept working into the NS era. NS renumbered the unit as No. 199, then rebuilt it as SD9M No. 59. It was reported working Inman Yard in Atlanta during 2003. NS reportedly sold No. 207 during January of 2007.
