Description
CPKC acquired 8 GE ET44ACs in November 2024. Originally built as GECX Demonstrators, they were modified for Baffinland Iron Mines, which never took delivery due to mining delays and were reverted to Wabtec in 2023. CPKC had them refitted at Wabtec’s Albia, Iowa, facility, stripping arctic mods, repainting them into CPKC colors, and re-numbering them as CP 7430-7437.
Our Rivet Counter™ series model renders numerous variations of engine cab rooflines, antennas, dynamic brakes, trucks, and more. 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.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- New roadname
- Era: 2024 to present
- Series CPKC 7430 to 7437
- Paint scheme variations for each individual unit
- Road numbers 7430-7434
- ex-GECX 2025, 2028, 2030-2032; ex-Baffinland 7001-7005 built 2014
- Sand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch
- Nose door with window
- No ground lights
- Road numbers 7435-7437
- ex-GECX 2020-2022; ex-Baffinland 7006-7008, built 2013
- Sand box clean out door with handle and rotating hinge
- Nose door without window
- Operating LED ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
- Operating LED front and rear deck mounted ditch lights**
- Printed and LED lighted number boards*
- Semi-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
- Multiple unit (MU) cable with attachment chain
- See-through round-hole stepwell steps
- Walkway with front anticlimber
- GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
- Narrow profile end handrails
- Front nose headlight
- Cab without barrel bolt latches on subbase doors
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand
- In cab grade crossing camera mounted on right side
- Tinted cab side windows
- Tall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
- Cab roof JEM LinkUP Communications PTC antenna farm with dual conduit between front and rear cabinets
- See-through dynamic brake exhaust
- Left side dynamic brake cab: X panel front and dual blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust
- Etched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside
- Right side dynamic brake cab: X panel door, small grille, door with grille, and door with grille
- Access door in front of left side air intake grille
- Current production engine cab (long hood) with angled exhaust compartment roofline
- Lost wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HLR2 horn mounted on engine cab roof
- Separate exhaust stack
- 40 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
- Early production radiator grilles with tall grille on 3rd from front radiator door
- Standard radiator grille cover hold downs
- Raised center brake wheel
- Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
- GE Hi-Ad trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and rotating bearing caps
- Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service
- Battery charging receptacle on right sidesill under battery box doors
- AEI tag mounted on right sidesill
- 5,300 gallon fuel tank with external waste retention tank
- Dual fuel fills per side, rear is Spillx fuel fill
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow with grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air dryer, air tanks, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED-illuminated headlights
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores the model
- Minimum Radius: 18”
- Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound-equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU-LokSound 5 DCC and Sound decoder
- Two (2) cube-type speakers
- Accurate GEVO-12 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
- ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:
- Operates on DC layouts
- DCC ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC
CPKC, the first and only single-line railroad spanning Canada, the United States, and Mexico, has added its first new locomotives to its roster nearly two years after its landmark merger. 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.
Formed 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.
The 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.
This 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.
In 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. For CPKC, these locomotives aren’t just horsepower; they’re a signal of adaptability, turning a stalled northern venture into fuel for a continent-spanning powerhouse.
