Home | Date Photographed11 November 1998 |
Soo Line, CP Rail, and lease locomotives at the (since demolished) Bensenville (Illinois) locomotive shop and locomotives at Proviso Yard.
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CP Rail 5643 GM EMD SD40-2 diesel-electric locomotive in the Bensenville locomotive yard. CP 5643, CP, GM EMD SD40-2, CP locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 11 November 1998 at Bensenville locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/11/98b11m21.jpg] NEW 7 January 2000 |
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Equipment characteristics of CP 5643: AAR car type D125 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 68' 10", width 10' 0", height 15' 6"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, January 2000]
CP 5643: Builder: EMD, Model: SD40-2, B/N: 72657-15, B/D: 1972, Paint: A8NM. Units 5629-5658 constructed at EMD LaGrange due to backlog at GMD London. Paint scheme A8NM, CP Rail (1968) "Action Red" variation, Action Red, 8" nose stripes, no multimark. SD40 #5513 was one of the first to appear in this scheme in late 1987. The only new deliveries in this scheme were SD40-2F’s #9000-9024. [source Canadian Pacific Railway Diesel Locomotive Roster, compiled by William D. Miller, January 2000]
Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 3 June 2023 at 10:41. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.