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GP9 8673

 

 

GP9

CP 8673

 

 

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CP 8673 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1129

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1978

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8673 at Mission, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by M. Harson, 1970. From the E.D. Motis collection;

2. CP 8673 at Nanaimo, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Paul J. Smith, 1980. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8673 at Montreal, QC., being rebuilt to GP9u 8223. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. St.L&H 8223 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the St.L&H paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998.

 

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 #8223 (10/5/1989).

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