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FP7A 1400

 

 

FP7A

CP 1400

 

 

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CP 1400 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1953 as CP 4099

Serial Number : A 520

Class : N/A

Paint Scheme : Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme

This Photo : Mark Forseille, 1999

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 1400 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. Nebkota 55 at Bethel, MN., painted for Nebkota Railway. Photo by John C. Benson, 1994. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1400 at Ogden, Calgary AB., being painted. Photo by Doug MacKenzie, 1998;

4. CP 1400 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2000;

5. CP 1400 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Dale Winkler, 2004;

6. CP 1400 at Ogden, Calgary AB., in storage, painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Doug MacKenzie, 2006;

7. CP 1400 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008;

8. CP 1400 at Calgary, AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2015;

9. CP 1400 at Calgary, AB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2015.

 

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block"

 

Notes : Built by GMD as FP7A #4099 (1953), renumbered to CP #1400 (1954). Sold to VIA (1978), became VIA #1400, then renumbered by VIA to VIA #6550 (1981). Sold to Nebkota Railway (1994), became #55. Acquired by CP (1998), repainted into the Maroon/Grey paint scheme and numbered CP #1400, used in "Royal Canadian Pacific"  train service. Now stored and replaced by FP9u units #4106-4107. Retired (12/14/2011). Cosmetically restored (2018). On display alongside CP #29 steam locomotive at Ogden Park, Ogden, Calgary AB.

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