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SD40-2 3247

 

 

SD40-2

CP 3247

 

 

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CP 3247 AT MONTREAL, QC.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1975

Serial Number : 75615-4

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : Ex-Norfolk Southern Black

This Photo : Bruce Chapman, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 3247 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the ex-NS Black paint scheme. Photo by Gord Smith, 1993;

2. CP 5475 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme*. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993.

 

Notes : Built by EMD as Southern #3247 (1975), renumbered to Norfolk Southern #3247 (1982), acquired by GATX and renumbered to GATX #3247 (1991). Acquired by CP (1992) and renumbered to #3247. Repainted and renumbered to #5475 (1993).

 

* : As shown in the picture of #5475, this unit was outshopped in 4/1993 with the "CP Rail System" lettering, but didn't had the US/Canadian Flags logo, or "Dual Flags" logo, applied yet. This Dual Flags logo was applied a few months later.

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