Fresh Paint CPKC
With a pair of the cleanest units on the CP/CPKC roster, an empty grain train from Mexico approaches Chaney Jct just west of Downtown Houston. This train was the first to cross CPKC's new Ottensmeyer Bridge at Laredo after the ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 6th.
These two Tier 4 ES44's are part of a set of eight ex-Baffinland Mining units CPKC purchased in 2024. The locomotives were built as Tier 4 demo units for GE/Wabtec and had been leased & repainted for Baffinland Iron Mines for a new railroad to be built on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. However, due to project delays the mine opted to end their lease of the locomotives and GE then sold them to CPKC.
CP 7432 was built as GECX 2030 in December 2014 and became BIMR 7003 before being sold to CPKC in 2024.
CP 7437 was built as GECX 2022 in April 2013 and became BIMR 7008 before being sold to CPKC in 2024.
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CP ET44AC #7432
CP ET44AC #7437
Houston, TX
February 9th, 2025
Fresh Paint CPKC
With a pair of the cleanest units on the CP/CPKC roster, an empty grain train from Mexico approaches Chaney Jct just west of Downtown Houston. This train was the first to cross CPKC's new Ottensmeyer Bridge at Laredo after the ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 6th.
These two Tier 4 ES44's are part of a set of eight ex-Baffinland Mining units CPKC purchased in 2024. The locomotives were built as Tier 4 demo units for GE/Wabtec and had been leased & repainted for Baffinland Iron Mines for a new railroad to be built on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. However, due to project delays the mine opted to end their lease of the locomotives and GE then sold them to CPKC.
CP 7432 was built as GECX 2030 in December 2014 and became BIMR 7003 before being sold to CPKC in 2024.
CP 7437 was built as GECX 2022 in April 2013 and became BIMR 7008 before being sold to CPKC in 2024.
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CP ET44AC #7432
CP ET44AC #7437
Houston, TX
February 9th, 2025