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GP40Q 4002

 

 

GP40Q

DM&E 4002

 

 

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DM&E 4002 AT ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA USA

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1970

Serial Number : 36398

Class : N/A

Paint Scheme : DM&E Blue/Yellow "Spirit of "86"

This Photo : Josh Slusser, 2007. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. UP 643 at Fairbury, NE., painted in the UP Yellow/Red/Grey paint scheme. Photo by Rick Briney, 1981;

2. DM&E 4002 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the DM&E Blue/Yellow "Spirit of '86" paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2016;

3. DM&E 4002 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the DM&E Blue/Yellow "Spirit of '86" paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2016.

 

Paint Data : DM&E Blue/Yellow "Spirit of "86"

 

Notes : Built by EMD as CRIP GP40 #4712 (4/1970). Sold to Union Pacific, became UP #643. Sold to NRE, became NRE #643. Acquired by Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (9/1994), became DME #4002, named "City of New Richland". Upgraded with a Q-tron microprocessor. Later given a "spirit of '86" special lettering. Retired (2019).

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