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| − | Built by [[:Category:Montreal Locomotive Works|MLW]]. | + | Built by [[:Category:Montreal Locomotive Works|MLW]] as RS-18 #8748 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as RS18u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1806 (1981). Retired (9/13/1997). Sold to Century Metals, Lachine QC. for scrap (9/1997). |
Unit was assigned to the DAR for heavy ballast train work, allowing the availability of two SW1200RS units for other work. It arrived on the DAR April 14, 1985, and made its first revenue run the next day. It was sent back to the CP in August, 1985.<ref>Ness, Gary. Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (1988) p. 22.</ref> | Unit was assigned to the DAR for heavy ballast train work, allowing the availability of two SW1200RS units for other work. It arrived on the DAR April 14, 1985, and made its first revenue run the next day. It was sent back to the CP in August, 1985.<ref>Ness, Gary. Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (1988) p. 22.</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | File:Ian Pyatt CP1806 1985-05-10 Mt Uniacke LS.jpg|[[CPR1806]] at [[Mount_Uniacke|Mt Uniacke]] on May 10, 1985. | ||
| + | File:Ian Pyatt CP1806 1985-05-10 Mt Uniacke RS.jpg|[[CPR1806]] at [[Mount_Uniacke|Mt Uniacke]] on May 10, 1985. | ||
| + | File:Ian_Pyatt_1806_1985-07-13_Kentville.jpg|[[CPR1806]] at [[Kentville]] on July 13, 1985. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:36, 28 May 2021
CPR1806
Built by MLW as RS-18 #8748 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as RS18u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1806 (1981). Retired (9/13/1997). Sold to Century Metals, Lachine QC. for scrap (9/1997).
Unit was assigned to the DAR for heavy ballast train work, allowing the availability of two SW1200RS units for other work. It arrived on the DAR April 14, 1985, and made its first revenue run the next day. It was sent back to the CP in August, 1985.[1]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
CPR1806 at Mt Uniacke on May 10, 1985.
CPR1806 at Mt Uniacke on May 10, 1985.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Ness, Gary. Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (1988) p. 22.
