I snapped these pics of a train rolling out of Smiths Falls, Ontario on December 28th, 2000. Can someone explain this paint job? I thought maybe it was an ex-Soo Line with the "SOO" painted over with "CP Rail" (thought the paint shop got lazy), until I scanned the pic and blew up the side (second pic). There are letters under the white paint... "KCS" or maybe "RCS"? Any ideas. D6
D6, they are not ex-Soo units. If I recall correctly, these are ex-KCS. I do have the info somewhere floating around. Gary. ------------------ Gary A. Rose The Unofficial TC&W page TrainBoard Moderator and Member No.377 N to the Nth degree!
5415-5421 are all ex KCS, only 5416-5417 remain painted KCS, units have recieved a rebuild and repainted, but some have had nose mounted headlights, and some have not. 5415 has a nose light, 5419 has not, all repainted units are in the CP Rail System paint ------------------ J.E. Pindar Webmaster-Canadian Pacific Railway Resources http://cpr.railfan.net
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Davecn5623: Yep , I say they look like former KCS units . CP needs to do a better paint-job on them though <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> LOL - Man, it looks like CPR has given up on repainting locomotives. See my CPR Bandit-izes thread in the Minneapolos, St Paul & Sault Ste. Marie forum.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yankinoz: LOL - Man, it looks like CPR has given up on repainting locomotives. See my CPR Bandit-izes thread in the Minneapolos, St Paul & Sault Ste. Marie forum.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ok man , I am going out for luch now but later I'll check it out
Theres a SD40-2 in the 5400eds (5426?)on CP that has one wierd paint scheme. Saw it as the CP rail photo achives. Would post here but I dont have permission.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chessie_SD50_8563: Theres a SD40-2 in the 5400eds (5426?)on CP that has one wierd paint scheme. Saw it as the CP rail photo achives. Would post here but I dont have permission.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Is that the ex-UP unit that they left in the UP yellow and gray, but painted "CP Rail" in red letters over the "Union Pacific"? That one actually looks pretty good, in fact someone released a decal kit for it. If that's not it, can you describe it? Better yet, post the URL? D6
ahh 5447 Image courticy Canadian Pacific Photo Archives sorry if I am infringing on some copyright. I just wanted to show this guy the unit.
What the hell is that? It looks like they used White Out to mark the CP. Did they pay the local grafiti artist mininum wage to paint that? Anyone know where that's at so I can avoid it? Talk about God awful. Eric
Oh my God!! That is a whole mess-o-ugly! It looks like it's been through world war 3. How on earth did it get like that? Did they just drag it out of some mudhole? Thanks for the pic... I needed a good laugh! D6
Nope! It's a 5400 series. I believe all but the MK rebuilds ,5490-5499 and 5475-5485 (hump units) will be retired upon the arrival of the new AC4400's ths fall. Sometimes when I go to Work I wonder if CP means "Can't Paint". LOL [ 24 February 2001: Message edited by: Driver8 ]
Don't worry, You'll never see that unit on the CP again. It was one of 3 former leasing company (???) units sold to CP-5447-5449. The 5447 had that cheap job, and the maroon primer paint, the 5448 had no Dynamic brakes and is painted in primer grey, and is the only unit left out of the three on CP's roster. The 5449 was origionally an SD45, but it got rebuilt to SD40 standards and was in the grey primer as well. The units had the cheap "CP" and the 5448 or 5449 had cheap lettering. They where not repainted red and just lettered for the St Lawrence and Hudson, the 5447 and 5449 have been sold to NRE, and the 5448 continues to ride, not looking that bad, though. (The new Guy, Daniel D)
