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SD40-2 5478

 

 

SD40-2

CP 5478

 

 

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CP 5478 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1975 as SOU 3246

Serial Number : 75615-3

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Dual Flags

This Photo : Gord Smith, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. GATX 3246 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Ex-Norfolk Southern black paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

2. CP 5478 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

3. CP 5478 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

4. CP 5478 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Chris Davidson, 2006.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Dual Flags

 

Notes : Built by EMD as Southern #3246 (7/1975), to Norfolk Southern #3246 (1982), then to GATX #3246 (1991). Acquired by CP (6/15/1992), and renumbered to CP #3246. Repainted and renumbered to CP #5478 (4/1993). Operating as B-unit with cab windows blanked out. Retired (2005). Sold to National Railway Equipment (12/2005), became NREX #5478. then to America Latina Logistica ALL #9490.

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