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CP 1409 AT VANCOUVER, B.C.

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954

Serial Number : A 593

Class : DPA-17a

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1977

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 1409 at Ottawa, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by D.W. Hately, 1965. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1409 at Ottawa, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1968. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1409 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Jean Patenaude, 1974. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. VIA 6557 at Ottawa, ON., painted in the VIA Blue/Yellow paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1988. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

5. CP 1409 at Cranbrook, B.C., on display at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, in primer paint. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006.

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > Maroon & Grey "Script" > CP Rail Small Multimark, 5" stripes > CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

Notes : Built by GMD (1954). Sold to VIA Rail (1978), became VIA #1409, then renumbered to VIA #6557 (1982). Acquired by the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, Cranbrook, B.C.

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