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GP9 8837

 

 

GP9

CP 8837

 

 

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CP 8837 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959

Serial Number : A 1728

Class : DRS-17f

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1974

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8837 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1968. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8837 at Nelson, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Jim Hope, 1979. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1693 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Veis, 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 (1959). Fire damaged at Port Coquitlam, B.C. (6/1983). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1693 (1983).

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