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CP 8243 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8827

Serial Number : A 1718

Class : DRS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8827 at Field, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 8243 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bryan Martyniuk, 2006.

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8827 (1959). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #8243 (1988). Retired (11/2003).

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