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Image:CP 8139 W Falmouth, NS 7-19-75 141.jpg|[[CPR8139|CP 8139]] West near [[Falmouth]] 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: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 [[Gypsum Trains|plaster train]] at [[Windsor]] on Aug 16, 1977. | + | 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. | 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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 9 April 2018
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
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.
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.
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.
