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FP7A 1424

 

 

FP7A

CP 1424

 

 

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CP 1424 AT VANCOUVER, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1952 as CP 4068

Serial Number : A 369

Class : DPA-15c

Paint Scheme : Maroon & Grey "Block''

This Photo : Glen MacGregor, 1963. From the Ron Visockis collection

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 4068 at Dorion, QC, painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ron Visockis, 1977;

2. VIA 1424 at Montreal, QC., painted in the Ex-CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ron Visockis, 1979;

3. CP 1424 at Medicine Hat, AB., on display, painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

4. CP 1424 at Medicine Hat, AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2009.

 

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block"

 

Notes : Built by GMD as #4068 (1952), renumbered to #1424 (1954). Renumbered back to #4068 (1965). Sold to VIA Rail (1978), renumbered to VIA #1424 (1979). Acquired by the city of Medicine Hat, AB. On display as CP #1424.

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