Canadian Pacific Railway hybrid & genset locomotives

Model: Railpower GG20B - 8 units, 2 incomplete and 2 never delivered
2,000 hp rated hybrid locomotive, engines: 1-300hp Cat C9 genset plus battery bank, on 4 axle GP-type frame.

Roster: Unit Number:	Owner:	Donor Unit:	Originally Built:	Converted At:	New Build Date:	Serial Number:	Used At:	Notes:
CP 1700	Canadian Pacific	CP 1600	1957	Alstom AB	Mar-06	1RPGGB20051000038	To AMTK 599, RPRX 2406	1, 2, A
CP 1701	Canadian Pacific	CP 1635	1956	Alstom AB	Apr-06		To RPRX 1701	1, 2, B
CP 1702	Canadian Pacific	CP 1552	1955	Alstom AB	May.2006		To USAX 6004	1, 2, C
CP 1703	Canadian Pacific	SOO 4200	Feb. 1956	Alstom AB	May-06	1RPGGB20051000041	To BP Amoco 1703	1, 2, D
CP 1704	Canadian Pacific	CP 1554	1957	Alstom AB	Nov. 2006		To BNSF 1205	1, 2, E, F
CP 1705	Canadian Pacific	StL&A 68	June.1956	Alstom AB	Nov. 2006		To RPRX, NITX 1705	1, 2, E, G
CP 1706	Canadian Pacific	StL&A 58	1957	Alstom AB	N/A		Never completed	2, H
CP 1707	Canadian Pacific		1957	Alstom AB	N/A		Never completed	2, H

General Notes:
1. Can be called a Phase III body style, with larger vents over the batteries. There are some minor component differences as well.
2. Units were the first of a 35-unit order by Canadian Pacific. CP 1700-1706 were to be constructed in 2005 for testing. From CP Railway press release 3-14-2005. Contract terminated in late 2006. From Railpower press release. Units returned to Railpower and resold.

Notes:
A. Originally built as CP 1700 for Canadian Pacific, leased (sold?) to Amtrak as AMTK 599 at the termination of the CP contract. After Amtrak lease expired, the unit was returned to Railpower, becoming RPRX 2406.
B. CP 1701 to be retained by Railpower as lease/demo unit RPRX 1701. From Canadian Railway Observations May 2007 edition.
C. CP 1702 sold by Railpower to US Army as USAX 6004. From Canadian Railway Observations May 2007 edition. From other information, unit is to be deployed at Fort Bliss, TX (near El Paso.)
D. CP 1703 was sold to BP Amoco and moved to their Cherry Point (Blaine, WA) refinery. From online discussions and direct contact with BP. Serial number provided by BP.
E. CP 1704 and 1705 built with 500kW genset. Unit built but never delivered to CP. Placed into storage after termination of the CP contract. From observations by Doug Mackenzie and others.
F. CP 1704 was moved to CAD in Lachine and stripped in early 2007, emerging as BNSF 1205 in primer, with new trucks and no fuel tank. The unit moved south in late April 2007 for conversion to fuellcell-hybrid. See the website of the Fuelcell Propulsion Institute for more details. From photo evidence and discussions.
G. CP 1705 became RPRX 1705, and was reported in 2007 to be on Lease/Demo to NovaChem in Joffre, AB. Later re-sold to Viriginia International Terninals as their NITX 1705 for service in Norfolk, VA.
H. CP 1706 and 1707 were on the floor at Alstom Calgary and under construction when the CP order was cancelled. Both units were disassembled and reportedly shipped to CAD for completion. What happened to them after that was never revealed.

History:

Unit Number	Core Unit Number	Core Unit Model	Build Date	Builder's Number	Frame Number	Orig. Number	2nd Number	3rd Number	4th Number	5th Number	Notes
CP 1700	CP 1600	EMD GP9u	1957	A1146		CP 8690	CP 1600	CP 1700	AMTK 599	RPRX 2406	A
CP 1701	CP 1635	EMD GP9u	1956	A966		CP 8626	CP 1635	CP 1701	RPRX 1701		A
CP 1702	CP 1552	EMD GP9u	1955	A704		CP 8506	CP 1552	CP 1702	USAX 6004		A
CP 1703	SOO 4200	EMD GP9m	Feb. 1956	20968	5417-?	NYC 5955	NYC 7955	CR 7355	SOO 4200	CP 1703	A
CP 1704	CP 1544	GMD GP9u	1957	A1093	C225-?	CP 8637	CP 1544	CP 1702	BNSF 1205		A
CP 1705	StL&A 68	EMD GP9	June.1956	21457	5443-9	GT 1776	CV 4450	SLR 1768	RPRX 1705	NITX 1705	B
CP 1706	StL&A 58	EMD GP9	Apr-54			VR 751	CR 1751	PC 1751	CUT 5901	SLR 58	C
CP 1707											D

Notes:
A. CP 1700-1704 donor unit histories from the CP Locomotive Roster and Photo Archives. (http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/main.htm). Build dates from Bytown Rail Society "Branchline" Magazine.
B. CP 1705 reported to be built from StL&A 68. From Extra 2200 South #129, page 11. CP 1705 donor unit information from the unofficial EMD homepage (http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/). Conflicting information from the Canadian Trackside Guide, 2004 ed., pg. 1-151 and other sources has St. Lawrence & Atlantic 68 as being ex-GT/CV 4445. But the EMDLoco site has that unit as being StLA 1766, which was wrecked and scrapped in 1995.
C. CP 1706’s donor unit information from Wilco von Schonhoven’s Mountain Rails website with additional information from the Canadian Trackside Guide 2006 edition.
D. Donor for the unit that was to becme CP 1706 is not known, but it is likely to be one of the St.L&A units.

Model: NRE 3GS21B-DE - 2 units
2,100 hp 3-engine genset locomotive, engines: 3 - Cummins QSK19 (700hp ea.), on 4 axles, w/ dynamic brakes.

Roster: Unit Number:	Owner:	Donor Unit:	Originally Built:	Converted At:	New Build Date:	Serial Number:	Used At:	Notes:
CP 2100	Canadian Pacific	New	N/A	Paducah	Sept. 2008	058-0155	Toronto area	1, A, B
CP 2101	Canadian Pacific	New	N/A	Paducah	Sept. 2008	058-0157	Toronto area	1, A, B

General Notes:
1.Two gensets to be tested in Ontario, according to a press release from May 6, 2008. (http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2008/ecoFREIGHT.htm) These two units are funded by Canada's EcoFreight program.

Notes:
A. 2100 and 2101 departed Paducah in late December 2008 and moved to Chicago, where they were delivered to CP and moved to Toronto.
B. Build location by sightings from Mark R and Joe Ferguson. Builder's plate info provided by Darren Doss via Sean Graham-White.

Photos: (Click to enlarge)

CP 1700 GG20B					Additional Photos: See AMTK 599 on the Amtrak page and RPRX 2406 on the Railpower page.
CP 1701 GG20B
		Additional Photos: See RPRX 1701 on the Railpower page.
CP 1702 GG20B
		Additional Photos: See USAX 6004 on the US Army page.
CP 1703 GG20B
			Additional Photos: See BP Amoco 1703 on the Railpower Misc. A-H page.
CP 1704 GG20B				Additional Photos: See BNSF 1205 on the BNSF page.
CP 1705 GG20B	Though CP 1705 appeared VERY briefly in CP paint, no photos are known to have been taken of it before it was repainted in RPRX colors.	Additional Photos: See RPRX 1705 on the Railpower page and NITX 1705 on the Virginia Int'l Terminal page.
CP 1706 GG20B
CP 1707 GG20B
CP 2100 3GS21B-DE
CP 2101 3GS21B-DE

For corrections, questions or to contribute photos, please e-mail me at: potb101@aim.com. Thanks!

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