Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 9543 - GE AC44CW

This was one of the steerable trucks under Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 without traction motors, and without a center axle. The locomotive had been sent to the Wabtec-GE plant in Fort Worth to be modernized into an AC4400CWM, but it just had its traction motors removed by CP to repair other locomotives. The railroad harvested the motors from at least a dozen units and trucked the motor-axle combos back to Canada.

Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9501 and 9543 were parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having their traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotives were waiting to be upgraded into AC4400CWM units.

Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 and 9501 were parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having their traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotives were waiting to be upgraded into AC4400CWM units.

Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 was parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having its traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotive was waiting to be upgraded into an AC4400CWM.

Here were the snow plows and truck pieces that were left over after Canadian Pacific and Hulcher personnel had been removed the traction motor/axle combos from 11 CP AC4400CW units at the north end of the Wabtgc/GE test track in Justin, Texas. The locomotives were the 9501 and 9543, both with their traction motors and center axles removed. The track on the right is the BNSF main line from Fort Worth into Oklhoma.

A pair of Canadian Pacific GE's are on CSXT's Q156.

Canadian Pacific 9777 East with a mixed freight of mainly empties.

A "Dueling Flags" paint CP AC4400CW leads NS 66X east through CP 482 in Porter. This is the first Dueling Flags engine either of us have seen in quite some time! Especially leading!

CP 9543 trails on an NS 11R

199 has only 49 minutes to set out cars, grab any pickups, and clear main one for the #7 Empire Builder.

Roster shot.

BNSF 4697, CP 9543, BNSF 5797, & BNSF 4368 all sit as the head end power on empty oil cans in the Alton & Southern connection tracks.

CP 9543 on #731 at Hesselberg Rd.

Another rare air day on the IHB. Not 1, not 2, but 3 SD40-2s lead a train out of Gibson Yard in Hammond, IN (followed by the ugliest AC44CW Ive ever seen). Where can you see 3 SD40-2s these days, especially a group like this?

9543 in consist on IHB at Hammond, IN.

9543 in consist on IHB at Hammond, IN.

9543 in consist on IHB at Hammond, IN.

CP Train 490

CP Train 694, A Loaded Unit Oil Train Enroute From New Town,N.D. To New Orleans,LA.

252's power.

252s power.

493

493

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