Thirty units (8100-8129) have been scheduled for 2013-2014 delivery, but the order was cancelled in July 2013 and replaced by ordering thirty additional ES44AC locomotives.

January 2014: Four ex-EMD SD70ACe-P6 (EMDX 1206, 1208-1210) demo units were acquired by CN and numbered CN 8100-8103 (The same numbers that the cancelled order would have used.)