CP EMD Units

    All photos were generously submitted by Brian Nicholson

    CP no. 8138
    SW1200RS 8138 built in 1959 from series 8100-8171, still on the roster. Shown at St Martin Jct.
    Quebec in 1978 where my railfanning started. This Junction now sees Quebec Gatineau trains.

    CP no. 7400
    From series 7400-7405 delivered in 1953, the class unit 7400 leads the hump set at
    Agincourt yard in Toronto in 1977. Similar in looks to the SW1200RS's except for
    regular switcher trucks instead of 'flexicoils'. The unit does not have the big
    numberboard assembly on the front. This was added in the 1983 rebuilding, see 1204 below.

    CP no. 8112
    CP SW1200RS 8112 is 3rd unit in the hump power set at Agincourt yard in Toronto in 1977.
    (Same consist as the SW9 7400 shot). CP even kept their switchers spotless in the 70's.

    CP no. 6705
    From series 6700-6709. SW8 6705 works the yard at Windsor, Ontario in 1978.
    These 10 units were built in 1951. The CP seemed to dabble in switchers
    buying 10 SW8's, 11 SW900's and 6 SW9's.

    CP SW8 and SW1200RS
    A comparison of the SW8 and SW1200RS at Windsor, Ontario in 1978. The carbodys were
    virtually the same just the various options changed and the number of exhaust stacks.
    I wonder why the CP never adapted the spark arrestors like CN's switchers?

    CP no. 6707
    Spiffy SW8 6707 fresh from the paint shop in Windsor, Ontario in 1978.
    Note the unit is not equipped for 'MU' (multiple unit) operation.

    CP no. 1204
    A shot of the former 7400 after rebuiding in 1983 shot in Agincourt, Ontario in 1986.
    The big numberboard has been added as well as the indented sand filler hatches.
    Apparently still on the roster.

    CP no. 6720
    SW900 : This intersesting operation in Grand Forks; British Columbia serves a large
    woodchip industry. This CP SW900 was assigned to the plant in 1992. Today the line
    is run independantly as the 'Grand Forks RR' with a former CP SW9. The cars are
    handed over to the Burlington Northern RR which has a line which enters
    Canada from Washington State. The CP SW900 is from series 6710-6720 delevered
    in 1955. It has been rebuilt with angled sandbox fillers on the long hood and
    the large numberboard assembly like the SW1200RS. The 6720 was converted to
    a 'slug' in 1995 and renumberred 1016.

    CP no. 8137
    I couldn't beleive my eyes on this day in 1974 when this consist came burbling
    into Ct St Luc yard in Montreal. I had a signed release into the yard and only
    had Black & White film in the camera (I hadn't started using color full time yet)!
    A three-builder consist of an RS23; this SW1200RS and a Fairbanks-Morse H24-66
    'Trainmaster'; all in maroon and grey. The F-M 8903 was ending it's career in
    transfer service and was retired soon after. I never saw it again; and regrettfully
    never got it in color. It is the only active H24-66 I ever saw.

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