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SD40-2 5480

 

 

SD40-2

CP 5480

 

 

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CP 5480 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1975 as SOU 3249

Serial Number : 75615-6

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Dual Flags

This Photo : Chris Davidson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. GATX 3249 at Montreal, QC., painted in the Ex-Norfolk Southern Black paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1992. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 5480 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1994.

 

Notes : Built by EMD as Southern #3249 (7/1975), to Norfolk Southern #3249 (1982), then to GATX #3249 (1991). Acquired by CP (6/15/1992), and renumbered to CP #3249. Repainted and renumbered to CP #5480 (5/1993). Operating as B-unit with cab windows blanked out. Retired (2003). Sold to NRE, Mt. Vernon IL (9/2004), became NREX #5480. Then to America Latina Logistica ALL #9493.

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