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GP9 8830

 

 

GP9

CP 8830

 

 

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CP 8830 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959

Serial Number : A 1721

Class : DRS-17f

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1977

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8830 at Field, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1972. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8830 at Golden B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Harry Schimm, 1976. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8830 at Red Deer, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Glenn Courtney, 1985. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 8249 at Cobourg, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ron Visockis, 2004.

 

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 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #8249 (12/14/1989).

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