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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY & SOO LINE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS

DM&E 559 AT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA USA

Built by : EMD

Built in :1952

Serial Number : 15612

Paint Scheme : DM&E Blue/Yellow

This Photo : J.M. Seidl, 1996. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

Other Photos : none

Notes : Built by EMD as Milwaukee Road SD7 #2200 (4/1952), renumbered to MILW #500. Rebuilt and upgraded to SD10 standards (7/1974) and renumbered to MILW #559. Acquired by SOO through merger (1985). Unit was to become SOO #6118 but never applied. Retired (1/1987), sold to DME, became DME #559, named "City of Byron". Sold to Indiana Railroad (12/1997), became INRD #559, then to INRD #2001. Sold to DGBX (12/2003).