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CP 5653 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

Built by : EMD

Delivered in : 1972

Serial Number : 72657-25

Class : DRF-30j

This Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1989

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 5653 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1981. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 5653 at Kamloops, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Stan F. Styles, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 5653 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Dual Flags paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1996.

Paint Data : CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes > CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark* > CP Rail Dual Flags

* : Outshopped in August 1987 in CP Rail no-Multimark paint, but with Black & White rear end stripes. This treatment was found on three CP SD40-2's (#5601, #5653, and #5780). This was the result of the units being inside the Ogden paint shop when the Multimark was discontinued on August 11, 1987.

Notes : Retired (2002). Sold to NRE, Mt. Vernon IL. (9/2004), became NREX #5653. Then to Ferrocarril Centro Atlantica, became FCA #4801.

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