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GP9u 8218

 

 

GP9u

CP 8218

 

 

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CP 8218 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8678

Serial Number : A 1134

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : Mark Boesche, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8678 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1988;

2. CP 8218 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1996;

3. CP 8218 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme without Beaver logo. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

4. CP 8218 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008.

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8678 (1957). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #8218 (1988). Declared surplus (4/28/2015). Sold to Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (8/18/2015), became PNR #8218. Then to New Hope & Ivyland, became NHIC #8218.

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