Data on CP 1151, 5480, & 1596
Data taken from
Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive Roster and Photo Archives
Nice Yard Goats! Or should I say "Hump sets"
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The first unit #1151 is essentially a slug. (No Prime Mover) But it retains the cab and controls. The folks at CP are kinda smart. Keeping the controls in a slug unit means that the hogger has a nice quiet ride. The other two units in the set keep their prime movers, but in the case of #5480, the controls have been removed. I can't read the # on the third unit in this consist but it probably has the controls removed too....
"Hump Control Cabs" are mated with pairs of SD40-2's.
Unit #1151
Builder GMD>CP
Model Cab Car built from SW9u
B/N A489
Conv. 1999
Paint ??
Notes 1204/7400
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Unit #5480
Builder EMD
Model SD40-2
B/N 75615-6
B/D 1975
Paint C/DF
Notes CP/GATX/NS-3249/SOU-3249
History (chronological): Date Built by EMD as: SOU 3249 1975
Renumbered to: NS 3249 19xx Sold to: GATX 3249 1991
Sold to: CP 3249 1992-06 Renumbered to: CP 5480 1993-04
Notes: none
Disposition: Active.
Other Photos Available: 1. CP 5480 at Toronto,ON (1999-04)
was part of hump set CP 5480,5481,1519
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GP9 #1596 looks to be paired with #1104 as a yard goat (slug and slug mother.) In this case, both units have functional cabs for bi-directional control.
"Control Cab" 1104 was originally a C-424's.
Unit #1104
Builder MLW>CP
Model Cab Car
B/N 84864
Conv. 1996
Paint A8L
Notes 4226
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Unit #1596
Builder GMD>CP
Model GP9u
B/N A1457
RB/D 1985
Paint ?
Notes 8805
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Does anyone know what the "u" in GP9u stands for???