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GP9 8689

 

 

GP9

CP 8689

 

 

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CP 8689 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1145

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1979

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8689 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Bob Loat, 1962. From the Bill Sanderson ollection;

2. CP 8689 at Kamloops, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Bob Loat, 1967. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1523 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2004.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1523 (6/1/1981).

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