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GP9 8488

 

 

GP9

CP 8488

 

 

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CP 8488 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1954

Serial Number : A 686

Class : DRS-17a

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark (experimental)

This Photo : Photographer unknown, 1975. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8488 at Regina, SK., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1974. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8488 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1984. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1560 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Boesche, 2003.

 

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block" >  CP Rail Small Multimark, 5" stripes (experimental) > CP Rail Large Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed, and renumbered to #1560 (9/28/1983).

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