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| + | Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as [[:Category:SW1200RS|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. | ||
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| + | 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.<ref>Samuel Clark's trip to Expo Rail on 1st October 2014.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Operational Appearances== | ||
| + | [[Chronicle-Herald 1982-06-01 - 8139 Derailment|Staff. "No injuries resulted from CP train derailment" ''The Halifax Chronicle Herald'', June 1, 1982.]] | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| − | Image:CP8139 switches coach 1720 Windsor late 1970s David Othen medium.jpg | + | 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:CPR8137-8139c.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] leading and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] eastbound at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8138-8139 WIndsor 1973 a.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]], [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] and freights at [[Windsor Station]] in August 1973. | ||
| + | Image:Windsor Station and Yard 1973.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at the [[Windsor Station]] in August 1973. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8133-8139a.jpg|[[CPR8133|Mo. 8133]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] arrive at [[Mantua]] with empty gypsum cars. | ||
| + | File:01350008.JPG|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at [[Truro Railyard]] on July 21, 1974. | ||
| + | File:01350009.JPG|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at [[Truro Railyard]] on July 21, 1974. | ||
| + | File:CPR8139f.jpg|CPR extra [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] leaving Windsor for Kentville on July 19, 1975. | ||
| + | File:CPR8139c.jpg|CPR extra [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] leaving Windsor for Kentville on July 19, 1975. | ||
| + | File:CPR8139e.jpg|CPR extra [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] leaving [[Windsor Station]] for Kentville on July 19, 1975. | ||
| + | Image:CP 8139 W Falmouth, NS 7-19-75 141.jpg|[[CPR8139|CP 8139]] West near [[Falmouth]] on July 19, 1975. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8137-8139a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] & unknown sister inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in June 1976. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8131-8136-8139.jpg|Three [[:Category:SW1200RS|SW1200RS]] with [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] leading with [[CPR8136|No. 8136]] & [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] powering the [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|plaster train]] at [[Windsor]] on Aug 16, 1977. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8137 Windsor 1978 a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at Windsor on May 23, 1978. | ||
| + | File:35-020a CP 8139 8140 8236 at Prince's Lodge, NS 790512.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] leads a westbound freight along Bedford Basin in 1979. | ||
| + | Image:CP8139 switches coach 1720 Windsor late 1970s David Othen medium.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] switches coach [[DAR001720|No. 1720]] at Windsor in the late 1970s. | ||
| + | Image:F1000025.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] on a westbound wayfreight at Middleton in 1981. | ||
| + | File:DAR - Train Accident B - Engine 8139 - Mantua - HJPhoto - 1June1982.JPG| Engine 8139 derailed at [[Mantua]] May 30, 1982 due to track issues | ||
| + | File:WP 20141001 12 33 56 Pro.jpg| Ex CP engine [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] now RPRX Engine 2003 at Expo Rail in Delson, Quebec. 1st October 2014. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208100/CP%208139.htm Pictorial Roster at Mountain Railway dot com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/31942935@N02/5253216718/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 8139 at Kingston in a photo found on Flickr.] | ||
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[[Category:Diesel]] | [[Category:Diesel]] | ||
| − | [[Category:SW1200RS | + | [[Category:SW1200RS]] |
| + | [[Category:DRS-12b]] | ||
| + | [[Category:General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Preserved DAR Equipment]] | ||
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.
