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SD40-2 5479

 

 

SD40-2

CP 5479

 

 

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CP 5479 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1975 as SOU 3248

Serial Number : 75615-5

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Dual Flags

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1994

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 3248 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Ex-Norfolk Southern black paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

2. CP 5479 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1993. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Dual Flags

 

Notes : Built by EMD as Southern #3248 (7/1975), to Norfolk Southern #3248 (1982), then to GATX #3248 (1991). Acquired by CP (6/15/1992), and renumbered to CP #3248. Repainted and renumbered to CP #5479 (4/1993). Operating as B-unit with cab windows blanked out. Retired (2003). Sold to NRE, Capreol, ON. (9/2004), becme NREX #5479. then to America Latina Logistica ALL #9470.

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