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We’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front, rear, and side walkway lights; ground lights (when applicable); printed and lighted number boards; and ditch lights. Learn more by clicking the “Product Details” tab below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstyle\u003e#html-body [data-pb-style=WGI7Y68]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoad Number Specific ScaleTrains\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew roadname\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEra: 2024 to present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeries CPKC 7430 to 7437 \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePaint scheme variations for each individual unit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoad numbers 7430-7434 \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eex-GECX 2025, 2028, 2030-2032; ex-Baffinland 7001-7005 built 2014\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNose door with window\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo ground lights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoad numbers 7435-7437 \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eex-GECX 2020-2022; ex-Baffinland 7006-7008, built 2013\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSand box clean out door with handle and rotating hinge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNose door without window\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperating LED ground lights on both sides of locomotive*\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFully-assembled\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple road numbers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperating LED front and rear deck mounted ditch lights**\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrinted and LED lighted number boards*\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSemi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers painted a dingy gray\/brown color to represent the color of couplers in service\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple unit (MU) cable with attachment chain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSee-through round-hole stepwell steps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWalkway with front anticlimber\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGE “nub” pattern walkway tread\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNarrow profile end handrails\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFront nose headlight\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCab without barrel bolt latches on subbase doors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn cab grade crossing camera mounted on right side\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTinted cab side windows\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; 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The eight General Electric ET44ACs, acquired in late 2023, were originally built for Baffinland Iron Mines on Canada’s remote Baffin Island. Intended to haul iron ore to port, the units—painted in a striking red Baffinland scheme and numbered BMIR 7001-7008—were sidelined when the mining project hit repeated delays, prompting Baffinland to end the lease in September 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormed on April 14, 2023, through the $31 billion merger of Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), CPKC operates a sprawling 20,000-mile network across three nations. With headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Kansas City, Missouri, and Mexico City, the Class I railroad employs roughly 20,000 people and serves as a critical artery for North American trade. The merger united CP’s northern reach—from Vancouver to Montreal—with KCS’s southern corridors, linking key markets like Chicago, Texas, and Mexico’s industrial hubs. This transnational footprint gives CPKC a unique edge, moving everything from grain and coal to intermodal freight with unmatched efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ET44ACs trace their roots to GE’s test fleet, built between 2013 and 2014 as GECX Nos. 2025, 2028, 2030-2032, and 2020-2022. Initially experimental units for Tier 4 emissions standards, they were later upgraded by GE for Baffinland’s Arctic conditions, becoming ET44ACATs with cold-weather enhancements. After CPKC’s purchase, the locomotives were sent to Wabtec’s Albia, Iowa, facility, where their arctic features were removed, their silhouettes refined, and a new CP livery applied, renumbering them as CP 7430-7437.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis acquisition marks a practical boost for CPKC, which hadn’t seen new locomotive purchases from its predecessor companies since KCS’s order in 2019 and CP’s in 2012. The addition comes as CPKC ramps up capacity to meet growing demand—evidenced by its 2024 revenue of $13.9 billion and a 9% earnings jump in Q4, as reported in January 2025. With initiatives like the new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge in Laredo, opened in February 2025, and a push into hydrogen-powered locomotives, CPKC is flexing its muscle as a forward-thinking player in freight transport.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn late November, CP 7431 and 7433 made their revenue debut, hauling train 253 from Kansas City to Chicago—a symbolic first run for units that once faced an uncertain fate. 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