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CPR8134
CPR8134
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as SW1200RS, Serial No. A 1734, No. 8134 in 1959. The ditch lights were installed sometime between 2nd September 1978 & 6th June 1979 based on images. Sold to Alstom in 2002, then sold to RailPower Technologies. Converted to RailPower Technologies battery powered "Green Kid" RPRX No. 001 in 2004. Sold to IDC Distribution, Surrey B.C. in July 2004.
Operational Appearances
Gallery
The Kentville Roundhouse with diesels No. 8135, No. 8132, No. 8137, No. 8133, No. 8140, No. 8134, the DAR Track Crane No. 3 and the Canada Foods Plant smokestack, June 12, 1960.
No. 8134 at Windsor Railyard on Sept 2, 1978.
No. 8134 at Bedford on June 6, 1979.
No. 8134 at Smiths Falls, Ontario, front view, January 1982.
No. 8134 at Smiths Falls, Ontario, rear view, January 1982.
Freight lead by No. 8134 at Bloomfield in the summer of 1988.
No. 8134 leading a westbound freight through Bloomfield in the winter of 1988.