Discount Online Bowser 3-60507 HO SD30C-ECO 2013 W/SOUND – Canadian Pacific #5000

The SD30C-ECOs have been delivered in two batches:

The first batch was comprised of unit numbers 5000-5019(delivered in 2013) and the second batch included units 5020-5049.(delivered in 2015/16)

All of the SD30C-ECOs were rebuilt from “donor” SD40-2s andwere given brand new pilots, fuel tanks, cabs, and noses, but retainedthe frames, steps, and trucks of their donor units. (as well as a greatdeal of the internal mechanical parts) The long hoods of the donor unitswere cut up and some components were spliced into the rebuildconstruction, so the rear-most section of the long hood containing thecooling fans and angled radiator grids is all new material but thesection of the long hood between the rear wall of the cab and the backof the DB blister is retained from the donor unit. This means thatthere are several variations of exhaust hatches and traction motorblower ducts depending on which class of SD40-2 the donor unit camefrom. Most units in both orders were built from Canadian donor unitsand have GMD ladder-style steps and end platform handrails, but thereare a few units mixed into both orders that were built from Americandonor units and have the angled steps and handrail profilecharacteristic of La Grange-built SD40-2s.Despite the unit-to-unit inconsistencies owing to the variedclasses of the donor units, there are (luckily) a few spottingdifferences that are consistent between the two batches of rebuilds.

Units 5000-5019 are not locotrol equipped and all feature asingle tubular “radome” on the cab roof that encloses all antennae.(GPS, EOT, and radio) All units from this order have standard roadnumbers but no additional information or lettering on the cab sides.Horns are mounted on top of the conductor’s side of the long hood justbehind the DB fans, and the bells are located under the frame on theconductor’s side, just ahead of the fuel tank.