Comments on: Recently Mr Mooney submitted a shot ( http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58055 ) of some former NBSR SD40′s awaiting their fate under the Main St overpass in North Bay, a few months later I stumbled across them being cut up on one of the AIM Recylcing tracks (formerly Ferne Piche & Sons) just off the Temagami sub by the old CN diamond/Dysktra bypass track North of Old Callendar road. From near to far: 3000 was built as CP SD40 5522 in 10/1966, sold to HLCX and upgraded to -2 electronics around 1999 3001 was built as QNSL SD40 219 in 6/1971, sold to HLCX and upgraded to -2 electronics around 2000 3002 was built as SP SD40 8448 in 9/1966, rebuilt as SD40R 7326 in 10/1980 3004 was built as UP SD40 3021 in 3/1966, upgraded to SD40-2 in 8/1991 before being rebuilt as an SD40M-2 in 3/1994

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:38:47 +0000

Can we confirm the frames didn’t survive? The only reason I ask is one of these locomotives was sent for a TP130 conversion to Tractive Power Corp and in this case, they only want the frames and trucks and some of the cab to do a conversion.

This will be the first, when completed for the one sent down to the states.

By: Ian Malenfant-Picard

Ian Malenfant-Picard — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:07:15 +0000

That’s a very sad sight to see…

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:01:57 +0000

So thats where they went. Thanks for the info and posting, Detective MuskokaMoFo!! Good closure.