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In my experience, yes. My experience handling diesels doesn't extend much past the EMD 40-models, but I ran GP9s in switching, local freight, branch line, piggyback, time freight and passenger service. They'd do anything within their horsepower capabilities. It took a lot of them to get a big piggyback train up to 60MPH, but they'd get them up there and ride well all the while. They'd ride well at 75 MPH with passenger trains. You could kick and drop cars with them. They were comparatively simple machines, with no turbochargers or fancy transition systems to get out of whack. They were comfortable, and handy to run. Some may argue that the comparable Alcos loaded up quicker and had better dynamic brakes, but the disadvantages of the Alcos outweighed those two marginal advantages. I ran the Alco RS3s and RS11s, too. No contest. The GP9 was tops. Old Timer
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