I don’t think this unit lasted very long. It was bought from NRE when CP was experiencing a power shortage and I think I heard it was scrapped soon after without ever getting CP paint!
It’s not the best looking switcher, but it is a classic, and rare, locomotive from the 1950s. The SD24 with the low short hood was an unattractive locomotive, and the Santa Fe rebuilds (SD26) were just as ugly, if not worse. And believe it or not, I used to think that the GP30 was an ugly locomotive too. Not anymore though. [;)]
That reminds me of the “Sweep” rebuilds that CN did in the eighties! Some people said they were the ugliest units ever built, the crews hated them for some reason, but I think their cute as a button![;)] What do you guys think!