CPR1272

Built by General Motors Diesel as SW1200RS, Serial No. A 1496, No. 8116 in 1958. Rebuilt by CP as SW1200RSu and renumbered to No. 1272 in 1985.

Converted to Slug #1272 (1995), then renumbered to Slug #1023 (1996). Retired 7/2012.^[1]

Operational Appearances

Eastbound snowplow extra tied up for lunch at Digby Station in the winter of 1987. Locomotive is No. 1272 and the snowplow is No. 401032.
Eastbound freight at Bear River Station approaching the Bear River Bridge lead by No. 1272 with van No. 434061 on June 3, 1989.
No. 1272 powers a short freight at Bloomfield on June 2, 1989.
No. 1272 on an eastbound freight at Little Joggin.
No. 1272 on an eastbound freight at Joggin Bridge in the winter of 1988.
No. 1272 gently eases across the Bear River Bridge in the winter of 1988.