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CP 8510 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

Built by : GMD

Built in :1955

Serial Number : A 708

Class : DRS-17a

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Large Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1976

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8510 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by D.W. Hately, 1960. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1512 at St. Paul, MN., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2002.

Paint Data : Maroon & Grey "Block" > CP Rail Large Multimark, 5" stripes

Notes : Built by GMD (1955). Equipped with Steam Generator, larger fueltank and water tank, for use in passenger train service; Airtanks relocated to the roof. Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed, and renumbered to #1512 (10/27/1980).

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