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GP40Q 4005

 

 

GP40Q

DM&E 4005

 

 

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DM&E 4005 AT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA USA

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1970

Serial Number : 36386

Class : N/A

Paint Scheme : DM&E Blue/Yellow

This Photo : Ricky Briney, 2007

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. DM&E 4005 at Huron, SD., without dynamic brakes, painted Blue/Yellow, lettered DME "City of Ft. Pierre. Photo by Tom Farrell, 1995. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : DM&E Blue/Yellow

 

Notes : Built by EMD as CRIP GP40 #4700 (3/1970). Sold to Missouri Pacific, became MP #631, then to UP #631. Sold to NRE, became NRE #4700. Acquired by Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (9/1994), became DME #4005, named "City of Ft. Pierre". Upgraded with a Q-tron microprocessor and dynamic brakes (8/1999). Renamed to "Larry Pressler" (2nd). Retired (2019).

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