CN GP38-2 Nos. 200-216, 218, 220-222, 224, 226

23 units, Built by GMD, 2,000 horsepower, B-B trucks.

Built as road power, reassigned and rebuilt as hump yard locomotives 1978 – 1980. At that time they were renumbered from the 5500 series to the 200 series. Some locomotives were equipped to lead (even numbers), others could work as trail only (odd numbers). They primarily worked in sets of two sandwiching a pair of HBU-4 booster units. They worked on the humps at yards in Moncton, NB, Toronto, ON, Winnipeg, MB and Edmonton, AB. In 1985 these locomotives were renumbered to the 7500 series.

Road no.ClassBuilt dateBuilder’s no. Original road no. Renumbering dateSubsequent road no.Renumbering dateNotes / disposition
200GH-20b5541197875001985
201GH-20b5552197875011985
202GH-20b5542197875021985
203GH-20b5553197875031985
204GH-20b5543197875041985
205GH-20b5554197875051985
206GH-20b5544197875061985
207GH-20b5555197875071985
208GH-20b5545197875081985
209GH-20b5556197875091985
210GH-20b5546197875101985
211GH-20b5557197875111985
212GH-20b5547197875121985
213GH-20b5558197875131985
214GH-20b5548197875141985
215GH-20b5559197875151985
216GH-20b5549197875161985
218GH-20b5550197875181985
220GH-20b5551197875201985
221GH-20b5537198075211985
222GH-20b5538198075221985
224GH-20b5540198075241985
226GH-20b5539198075261985
4700GR-420bfrom 5500 in 1988leased to RaiLink Mackenzie Northern 1998
leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern startup, fall 2000
leased to Okanagan Valley Railway, spring 2001
leased to Athabasca Northern, early 2002?
4701GR-420bfrom 5501 in 1988leased to RaiLink Mackenzie Northern 1998 then leased to Carlton Trail Railway, 2001
in collision with truck carrying paper, near Green Bay WI, 2003
cab rebuilt with headlights instead of bell over windows
4702GR-420bfrom 5502 in 1988
4703GR-420bfrom 5503 in 1988leased to Mackenzie Northern Railway, spring 2001
4704GR-420bfrom 5504 in 1988
4705GR-420bfrom 5505in 1988
4706GR-420bfrom 5506 in 1988
4707GR-420bfrom 5507 in 1988
4708GR-420bfrom 5508 in 1988leased to (RailAmerica) Mackenzie Northern Railway 2001
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GR-420bfrom 5509 in 1988
4710GR-420bfrom 5510 in 1988leased to Hudson Bay Railway, late 2000 then leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern startup, spring 2001
4711GR-420bfrom 5511 in 1988
4712GR-420bfrom 5512in 1988leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern, late 2000
4713GR-420bfrom 5513in 1988leased to RaiLink Southern Ontario, 1998
4714GR-420bfrom 5514 in 1988
4715GR-420bfrom 5515 in 1988leased to Hudson Bay Railway, late 2000 and then leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern startup, spring 2001
4716GR-420bfrom 5516 in 1988
4717GR-420bfrom 5517 in 1988leased to Hudson Bay Railway, late 2000leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern startup, spring 2001
4718GR-420bfrom 5518 in 1988leased to Cando Contracting for Athabasca Northern, late 2000
leased to Okanagan Valley Railway, spring 2001
4719GR-420bfrom 5519 in 1988
4720GR-420bfrom 5520 in 1988
4721GR-420bfrom 5521 in 1988
4722GR-420bfrom 5522 in 1988
4723GR-420bfrom 5523 in 1988
4724GR-420bfrom 5524 in 1988
4725GR-420bfrom 5525in 1988
4726GR-420bfrom 5526 in 1988
4727GR-420bfrom 5527 in 1988
4728GR-420bfrom 5528 in 1988
4729GR-420bfrom 5529 in 1988
4730GR-420bfrom 5530 in 1988
4731GR-420bfrom 5531 in 1988
4732GR-420bfrom 5532 in 1988trailing locomotive in an accident 7 January 1999 at mile 29.3 Stamford Subdivision (Niagara Falls, ON)
when a mother, in a successful attempt to save her child, was killed
4733GR-420bfrom 5533 in 1988converted to hump mother 7532 in 1990
4734GR-420bfrom 5534 in 1988converted to hump mother 7530 in 1990
4735GR-420bfrom 5535 in 1988converted to hump mother 7528 in 1990