GMD Recollections - Red Barn

CP SD40-2F number 9015 was on display at the north side of the GMD plant in London, Ontario on June 16, 1990.

By Peter Mumby.

CP 9015 is officially an SD40-2F, but its massive red flanks led railfans to refer to it as a "red barn."  The 25 members of CP class DRF-30y, numbers 9000-9024, were assembled by General Motors Diesel Division in 1988.  This unit has made a return visit to the plant to be part of the display for GMD's 40th anniversary celebration.  Note that, as built, 9015 has no window in the nose door.  Porthole windows would later be retrofitted to the doors of all members of this class.  In 2015 ten of these locomotives would be acquired by Central Maine and Quebec, although 9015 would not be included in this group.