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Canadian Pacific purchased its first diesel-electric
locomotive in 1937. This 550-horsepower unit, a double-truck four-motored
switching locomotive numbered 7000. It was built under the supervision of Stone Franklin of Canada Limited, though
the locomotive was actually built at the National Steel Car Corporation, at Hamilton. The diesel engine with which
it was equipped was constructed by Harland & Wolff Ltd., of Belfast. It served CPR for five years, then was
sold to an industrial plant in 1943, where it continued in service for a further twenty years before being
withdrawn and preserved for historical reasons - Omer Lavallee.
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