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GP9 8487

 

 

GP9

CP 8487

 

 

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CP 8487 AT GOLDEN, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1954

Serial Number : A 685

Class : DRS-17a

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark (experimental)

This Photo : Harry Schimm, 1975. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8487 at London, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. GMD builders photo, 1954. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8487 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1973. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8487 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1984. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1591 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006.

 

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes > CP Rail Small Multimark, 5" stripes (experimental) > CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed, and renumbered to #1591 (3/17/1985).

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