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CPR8140
CPR8140
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as SW1200RS, Serial No. A 1740, No. 8140 in 1959. Rebuilt by CP as SW1200RSu No. 1240 in 1981.
In July 1977, 8140 returned to the DAR to replace 8134, which was sent to Montreal for overhaul.[1]
According to Gary Ness, when 8140 was on the DAR, it spent most of its time as standby power in Kentville. This explains why in-service photos of it have been slow to surface. When business began to downturn on the DAR, 8140 was one of the first units re-assigned elsewhere on the CPR system.[2]
Sold to Cando Contracting in? Renumbered 1007.
Operational Appearances
Gallery
Yarmouth Station, Freight House and No. 8140 at Yarmouth on August 16, 1977.
No. 8140 at Windsor on February 24, 1978.
