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GP9u 8250

 

 

GP9u

CP 8250

 

 

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CP 8250 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8516

Serial Number : A 714

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8516 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1980;

2. CP 1572 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

3. CP 8250 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2009;

4. CP 8250 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2015;

5. CP 8250 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2015.

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8516 (1955). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1572 (1984); then renumbered to #8250 (1997). Declared surplus (4/28/2015). Sold to Larry's Truck & Electric (6/26/2015).

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