Action Red And Safety Stripes

40 years after being built, CP 5871 still sports its action red paint scheme. Here, it’s tied down in Spence’s Bridge, BC on point of a slot train during a cool August evening. With CPKC aggressively overhauling their ageing fleet of SDs, the days of seeing action red are running out. What once was a common sight on CPRs main line, is now few and far between.

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