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SD40-2 5483

 

 

SD40-2

CP 5483

 

 

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CP 5483 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1975 as SOU 3245

Serial Number : 75615-2

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Dual Flags

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 5483 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

2. FURX 3049 at Moline, OH., painted in the FURX Silver/Green paint scheme. Photo by Paul Wester 2003. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Dual Flags

 

Notes : Built by EMD as Southern #3245 (7/1975), to Norfolk Southern #3245 (1982), then to GATX #3245 (1991). Acquired by CP (6/15/1992), and renumbered to CP #3245. Repainted and renumbered to CP #5483 (6/1993). Operated as B-unit with cab windows blanked out. Sold to Alstom (1999), rebuilt and chop nosed, became FURX #3049. then to National Railway Equipment, became NREX #3049.

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