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GP9u 8201

 

 

GP9u

CP 8201

 

 

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CP 8201 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8619

Serial Number : A 959

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1997

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8619 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme (experimental). Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 8201 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme (experimental). Photo by Stan Styles, 1984. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8201 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

3. CP 8201 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2007.

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8619 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u and chop-nosed (1977), renumbered to #8201 (1982). Declared surplus (2/19/2015). Sold to Metro East Industries (2015), became Foster Townsend Rail Logistics FTRX #8201.

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