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GP9 8647

 

 

GP9

CP 8647

 

 

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CP 8647 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1103

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : Maroon & Grey "Script' paint scheme

This Photo : Peter Cox, 1960. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8647 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by D.W. hately, 1966. From the Ron Visockis collection;

2. CP 8647 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ron Visockis, 1973;

3. CP 8647 at Nelson, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by John Leeming, 1975;

4. CP 8647 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1982. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

5. CP 1618 at Woodstock, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Cam Leonard, 2004.

 

Paint data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > Maroon & Grey "Script" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes > CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1618 (4/25/1986).

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