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GP9u 8242

 

 

GP9u

CP 8242

 

 

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CP 8242 AT SCHREIBER, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8835

Serial Number : A 1726

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1991

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8835 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 8242 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Andy Cassidy, 2012;

3. CP 8242 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Andy Cassidy, 2012.

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8835 (1959). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #8242 (1988). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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