An FPA-2 leads an unusual lashup on a westbound freight from St. Luc to Smith Falls. It was rare to see GP-9's and F7B's on freights in Montreal, which was the MLW/Alco capital on the CPR.
CPR rostered 20 FA-2's and 7 FPA-2's. A number were traded in on C424's in the mid-1960's but some ran for another ten years, the last one being removed from service on November 8, 1975. They di... (more)