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SW1200RS Upgraded

Part of the Ten-Year Locomotive Program

1280-1287 SW10 ex UP,
1298, 1299 leased SW1500

1205 (r/b Weston 5/1983 ex 7405 SW9) Re# 1020 daughter (slug)

 

1209 minus Multimark (ex 8118) r/b Weston 11/1981 GMD A1498 9/1958

1213 ex 8104) SW1200RSu Rebuilt Weston 11/1982 GMD A1484 6/1958

Subsequent owner RRV&W 1213

1237 in latest paint scheme with return of Beaver emblem.
Rebuilt Weston 9/1981 (Ex 8135) GMD A1735 4/1959
O-Yard shop track. Mile 7.6 Marpole Spur
South Vancouver/Marpole 4/12/2008

Subsequent owner; NREX 1237

Second view showing left side. Note lettering alignment. Compare to right side view above.

1239 (ex 8144 r/b Weston 12/1981) GMD A1744 5/1959
O-Yard Marpole, BC

Subsequent owner ILSX 931

1240 (ex 8140 r/b Weston 5/1982). GMD A1740 4/1959
D&H Conklin, NY 2/12/1993. Retird 10/2003, Sold RTEX 1240.

1241 new corporate identity (ex 8154 r/b Weston 6/1982) GMD A1900 8/1960
Coquitlam, BC 2/25/2008

1242 (ex 8145 r/b Weston 6/1982) GMD A1745 5/1959
Sold 8/1998 LDCX 2002

1243 (ex 8157 r/b Weston 10/1982) GMD A1903 8/1960
Sold 8/1998 LDCX 2003 Virden, MB

1244 (ex 8151) SW1200RS 1200 HP GMD A1897 7/1960
Outshopped Weston Shops 11/25/1982

Subsequent owner OSR 1244

1251 (ex 8164) in new corporate identity Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Regina 9/13/2009

GMD A1910 9/1960 Outshopped Weston 12/21/1984

Subsequently HDCX 1251

1270 (ex 8150 r/b Weston 9/1985) GMD A1895 7/1960
Retired 10/2003 sold RTEX 1270 resold St.Marys 506.

Shown with 1271 Sault Ste. Marie, ON 10/19/1985

1271 (ex 8125 r/b Weston 8/1985) GMD A1505 10/1958 Sold 8/2012 GMTX 509
Ste-Therese, QC 8/01/2001

Sainte-Thérèse Assembly was a General Motors Canada automobile factory. 1966-2002

1274 (ex 8126 r/b Weston 5/1985) Sold 1/1998 Andrew Merrilees (D)
ADSX 1274 re-sold 6/1998 to Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting.

1275 (ex 8130 r/b Weston 3/1985) GMD A1510 10/1958 Saint John, NB September 7, 1994

Became Daughter 1024. Subsequent owner: Sold 2014 Ohio Locomotive Works. OLWX 1024

1276 (ex 8108) SW1200RSu Rebuilt Weston3/1985 GMD A1488 7/1958

Subsequent owner RRV&W 1276


Long term lease 12/08/1999 through Connell Leasing not part of Ten Year Program.

SW10 UP 1212, 1213, 1217, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1231, 1240.
Allotted numbers CP 1280-1287.

UP 1217 (nee 1844 SW9) EMD 17824 4/1953

UP 1231 (Ex UP 1220) r/b 4/1981 EMD 17826 4/1953 Provo, UT 8/19/1981.

New style lettering 1283 ex UP 1220 nee UP 1846. 1287 ex UP 1240 nee 1826 Alyth 4/20/2002

Subsequent owner 1283; National Railway Equipment.

1284 re# 2/2002 (ex UP 1221 photo East Yards, Los Angeles, CA 11/22/1987)

1287 re#2/2002 (ex UP 1240 r/b 1981) nee 1826 SW9 EMD 4133-2 4/1953

Note: When owner discovered CP was changing identity of these leased units including railway name and number
it objected to the legality of this and the lease was cancelled 2002. All units to NRE 5/2005.

NRE-ALCO inc. subsequent owners


1298 1299

Two SW1500's that were only leased in 2001 for a short time for Delaware & Hudson use.
Nevertheless, they were fully repainted including renumbering! Note lack of any other reporting marks.
Overhaul status unknown. Leased 2001 from OmniTRAX until 9/2002. Following which
they both had a long history of other users suggesting their condition may have been unsatisfactory.

1298 and 1299 (nee RF&P 2 and 3) SW1500 EMD 33284/5 10/1967
Two photos. Enroute D&H at Cicero, IL 2/10/2001

Subsequent owners; 1298 c.2012-2014 IR 1298. 11/2018-currently WCKR 1298

 

OMLX 2000 ex HBR with OMLX 1299 Campbellton, GA 3/2006
Both units became power for Fulton County Ry. (to circa 2/2010)

Closeup OMLX 1299 ownership notice.

 



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