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GP9 8700

 

 

GP9

CP 8700

 

 

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CP 8700 AT CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1156

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : A. Miller, 1980. From the E.D. Motis collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8700 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1967. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8700, painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photographer and location unknown, 1972. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8700 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

4. CP 8700 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

5. CP 8700 at Montreal, QC., wrecked, painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

6. CP 1571 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Boesche, 2003.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1957). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1571 (2/24/1984).

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