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GP9 8708

 

 

GP9

CP 8708

 

 

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CP 8708 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in :1957

Serial Number : A 1158

Class : DRS-17d

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1977

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8708, painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Location and photographer unknown, 1972. From the E.D. Motis collection;

2. CP 8708 at Red Deer, AB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Fred Clark, 1981. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1617 at Medicine Hat, AB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998.

 

Paint data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > Maroon & Grey "Script" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes > CP Rail Large Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1957). Rebuilt by CP, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1617 (5/7/1986).

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