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| − | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Engine 8139 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8139|locomotive 8139]] on the turntable and a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] locomotive in the roundhouse, with the smokestack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in the background, 1959. | + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Engine 8139 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8139|locomotive 8139]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] and a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] locomotive in the roundhouse, with the smokestack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in the background, 1959. |
Image:CPR8137-8139b.jpg|[[CPR8137|No 8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] with eastbound freight at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | Image:CPR8137-8139b.jpg|[[CPR8137|No 8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] with eastbound freight at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | ||
Image:CPR8137-8139c.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] leading and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] eastbound at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | Image:CPR8137-8139c.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] leading and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] eastbound at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:23, 6 July 2022
CPR8139
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as SW1200RS, Serial No. A 1739, No. 8139 in 1959. Sold to Alstom in November 2002, then sold to RailPower Technologies. Converted to RailPower Technologies battery powered "Green Kid" demonstrator RPRX No. 2003 in 2003.
Currently Engine 8139 which is now known as RPRX Engine 2003 currently resides at Expo Rail Museum in Delson, Quebec. It is part of the outdoor display near building 5.[1]
Operational Appearances
Staff. "No injuries resulted from CP train derailment" The Halifax Chronicle Herald, June 1, 1982.
Gallery
The Kentville Roundhouse with locomotive 8139 on the turntable and a S-3 locomotive in the roundhouse, with the smokestack of the Canada Foods Plant in the background, 1959.
No 8137 and No. 8139 with eastbound freight at Rockingham in June 1973.
No. 8137 leading and No. 8139 eastbound at Rockingham in June 1973.
No. 8138, No. 8139 and freights at Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8139 at the Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8139 at Truro Railyard on July 21, 1974.
No. 8139 at Truro Railyard on July 21, 1974.
CPR extra No. 8139 leaving Windsor for Kentville on July 19, 1975.
CPR extra No. 8139 leaving Windsor for Kentville on July 19, 1975.
CPR extra No. 8139 leaving Windsor Station for Kentville on July 19, 1975.
No.8137 and No. 8139 & unknown sister inside Kentville Car Shop in June 1976.
No. 8139 leads a westbound freight along Bedford Basin in 1979.
No. 8139 on a westbound wayfreight at Middleton in 1981.
Engine 8139 derailed at Mantua May 30, 1982 due to track issues
Ex CP engine No. 8139 now RPRX Engine 2003 at Expo Rail in Delson, Quebec. 1st October 2014.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Samuel Clark's trip to Expo Rail on 1st October 2014.
