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 #1577394  by nyandw
 
Demo Units: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrex ... ralist.htm

Anyone with a photo/info on the Fairbanks-Morse CPA-20-5 possible demo unit prior to purchase??

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FM CPA24-5 Demonstrator #4802 - Huntington 6/04/1950 Photo: Gary Everhart

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Purchased and rebuilt to an H16-44 to match the other H16-44 units LIRR #1501-1509
Photo: George E. Votava, Archive: Dave Keller
 #1577444  by Pensyfan19
 
Don't forget about the PRR FM Erie Built! (Taken from the Patchogue Station page)

Considering that the FM CPA 24-5 was built around the same time, I don't think there was a CPA 20-5 demonstrator. (4801 and 4802 were sent to the New Haven as 0790 and 0791 respectively)
 #1577462  by nyandw
 
Pensyfan19 wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:52 pm Don't forget about the PRR FM Erie Built! (Taken from the Patchogue Station page)

Considering that the FM CPA 24-5 was built around the same time, I don't think there was a CPA 20-5 demonstrator. (4801 and 4802 were sent to the New Haven as 0790 and 0791 respectively)
Good points! Noted and added! Thanks.
 #1577463  by nyandw
 
Was the PRR Erie built actually a demo unit? Demonstrator units wore the manufacturer's color scheme and stenciling.
This unit wore Pennsy colors and stenciling. Perhaops a leased PRR diesel, like the RDG, PN and BAR diesels that operated on the LIRR in the 1970s.
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