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SLUG 1000

 

 

SLUG

CP 1000

 

 

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CP 1000 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1954 as MILW 2053

Serial Number : 20046

Class : N/A

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. SOO 1207 at Minneapolis, MN., painted in the Ex-Milwaukee Road paint scheme. Photo from the Bill Sanderson collection, 1989;

2. CP 1000 at Brandon, MB., unlettered, painted Candy Apple Red. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

3. CP 1000 at Toronto, ON., painted Candy Apple Red, lettered CP Rail. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 2000;

4. CP 1000 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted Candy Apple Red, lettered CP Rail. Photo by Michael Groulx, 2008.

 

Paint Data : Candy Apple Red, unlettered > Candy Apple Red, lettered "CP Rail" (Canadian Pacific - CPR style decals)

 

Notes : Built by EMD as MILW SW1200 #2053 (12/1954), renumbered to MILW #605, then renumbered to MILW #702. Acquired by SOO Line (1985) and renumbered to SOO #1207, then acquired by CP and repainted and converted to Slug #1000 (5/1996), paired with 'Mother' unit CP GP9u #1639. Retired.

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