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GP9u 8223

 

 

GP9u

St.L&H 8223

 

 

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St.L&H 8223 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8673

Serial Number : A 1129

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : St.L&H

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8673 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 8223 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1990;

3. CP 8223 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2008;

4. CP 8223 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by John Soehner, 2011.

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8673 (1957). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to CP #8223 (1988). Renumbered to St.L&H #8223 (8/1997). Renumbered back to CP #8223 (11/2007). Declared surplus (2/19/2015). Sold to Metro East Industries (2015), bacame Foster Townsend Rail Logistics FTRX #8223.

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