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GP9 8688

 

 

GP9

CP 8688

 

 

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CP 8688 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1144

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1985

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8688 at Field, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Verne Trevoy, 1960. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8688 at Prince Albert. SK., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by George Horna, 1976. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8688 at Medicine Hat, AB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1977. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1629 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Boesche, 2004.

 

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > Maroon & Grey "Script" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1629 (10/2/1986).

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