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GP9 8831

 

 

GP9

CP 8831

 

 

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CP 8831 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959

Serial Number : A 1722

Class : DRS-17f

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark (experimental)

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1978

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8831 at Golden, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1972. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8831 at Broadview, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photographer unknown, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1694 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Boesche, 2003.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1959). Fire damaged at Mile 9 MacLeod Sub (1/1985). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1694 (4/12/1985).

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