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GP9 8635

 

 

GP9

CP 8635

 

 

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CP 8635 AT CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1956

Serial Number : A 975

Class : DRS-17c

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : E.D. Motis, 1978

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8635 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by D.R. Phillips, 1969. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8635 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by George Horna, 1974. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1580 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2006.

 

Paint data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1956). Chop-nosed for use in Calgary hump service (4/12/1971). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u and renumbered to #1580 (8/14/1984).

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