Albany & Eastern #3859 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1959 as 1,750-horsepower GP9 #456 for the Texas & New Orleans, a subsidiary of Southern Pacific.
After the 1965 system renumbering, it became Southern Pacific #3660.
On January 9, 1978, it was upgraded by Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops as GP9R #3859.
It was retired on February 20, 1991, and was sold on February 5, 1992 to the Willamette Valley Railway.
It was later leased to the Albany & Eastern, which purchased it in 1999.
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