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ROBOT-5 (1005)

 

 

ROBOT CAR

CP 1005

 

 

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CP ROBOT-5 (1005) AT ROBERTS BANK, B.C.

 

Built by : MLW as FPB-2 CP 4463

Built in : 1952

Serial Number : 77730

Class : N/A

Paint Scheme : CP Rail, Red/White Multimark on blue carbody

This Photo : J.M. Seidl, 1982. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 4463 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Jean Patenaude, 1975. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. AN 21 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1978;

3. CP Robot-5 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted Blue, with Red/White Multimark. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1979;

4. CP Robot-5 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted Blue, with Red/White Multimark. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1979;

5. CP Robot-5 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted Blue, with Red/White Multimark. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1979;

6. CP Robot-5 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted Blue, with Red/White Multimark. Photo by Richard Parlby, 1985;

7. CP Robot-5 at Cranbrook, B.C., painted Blue, with Red/White Multimark. Photo by Gord Smith, 1986.

 

Paint Data : Blue, with Red/White Multimark

 

Notes : Built by MLW as FPB-2 #4463 (1953). Intended to become a Robot Car, de-engined and lettered AN-21. Converted to Robot Control Car (1978), painted Blue with red & white Multimark. Replaced wrecked Robot-5 (#1005):1. Retired (4/1991).

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