Throwback Thursday - CP SD90s

CP SD90MAC number 9138 arrived in London in the company of RS-11 ALGX 7201 on January 18, 2003.

By Peter Mumby.

CP 9138 was one of 61 SD90MAC locomotives, #9100-9160, built in 1998/99.  With 4300 hp prime movers, these belonged to class DRF-43.  Although these engines did not operate successfully for too many years, I got to see and photograph many of them in and around London, Ontario.  I chose to include this photo, however, because it was probably pretty unusual to find one in multiple with an RS-11.  Still lettered Erie Mining Co, the actual reporting mark on the cab side of this veteran was ALGX (Amsterdam Leasing). 

Roughly half of these  SD90MAC units have recently been rebuilt by Progress Rail into 7000-series SD70ACu locomotives.  The four SD90MAC-H engines, class DRF-60a, built in December of 1999, have not fared nearly as well.  These 6000 hp units, numbered 9300-9303, had even shorter working lives, so their section in my photo album is quite limited in size.

CP 9300 West is leaving London on October 30, 2003.

SD90MAC-H was unusual enough to warrant a second shot.