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GP9 8838

 

 

GP9

CP 8838

 

 

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CP 8838 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959

Serial Number : A 1729

Class : DRS-17f

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1978

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8838 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1965. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 8838 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1974. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 8838 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1987;

4. CP 1697 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2003.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1697 (1987).

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