This black GP-9 locomotive with red ends, white lettering and a large white ‘wet noodle’ CN logo was built by General Motors Diesel in 1957. The GMD GP-9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro- Motive Division between January 1954 and August 1963. General Motors Diesel, Limited, was created in 1949 as the Canadian subsidiary of the Electro Motive Division of General Motors located in the United States.