CP GP9 #8819 and F7B #4462

: Milk River, ALTA, Canada, Summer, 1971

On route 4 from Greengrass to Lethbridge, ALTA, met this CP southbound train.
In the photo are CP GP9 #8819 and F7B #4462.

CP #8819 was built in 1958. She was rebuilt and chop-nosed to GP9u #1548 in 1993.
CP #4462 was built in 1953. She was renumbered to #6801 in 1983. She became slug unit #1019 in 1995 and retired in 1999.

photo of CP #8819 found at CPR Diesel Roster site;
photo of CP #1548 found at RR Picture Archives site;
photo of CP #4462 in tuscan red scheme found at RR Picture Archives site;
photo of CP #4462 in pac-man scheme found at CPR Diesel Roster site;


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CP "Canadian" at Calgary Station

: Calgary ALTA, summer, 1971

At CP's Calgary Station, met this CP passenger train, the "Canadian".
Here, in the photo is the consist including this dome car.

I wonder why the steam was pouring from the car in the hi-summer season. Was it so cool in the Rockies?

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CP FP7A #1417 and F9B #1905

: Calgary ALTA, summer, 1971

At CP's Calgary Station, met this CP passenger train, the "Canadian".

Here the east bound "The Canadian" led by CP FP7A #1417 and F9B #1905 makes a brief stop at the station. You can see the winterization hatch, searchlight and icicle-breaker on the roof.

CP #1417 was built in 1952 as CP #4059. She was renumbered to #1417 in 1955. She was destroyed by fire in 1971.
CP #1905 was built in 1954. She was renumbered to #4477 in 1971. She was sold to VIA and became #1964 in 1979, later became #6653 in 1981. She was retired between 1989 and 1990.

photo of CP #4059 in tuscan red paint scheme found at CPR Diesel Roster site;
photo of CP #1417 in tuscan red paint scheme found at CPR Diesel Roster site;
photo of CP #1417 in pac-man scheme found at CPR Diesel Roster site;
photo of CP #4477 in pac-man scheme found at CPR Diesel Roster site;
photo of VIA #6653 found at CPR Diesel Roster site;

CP's station in Calgary was much more modern. It was occupying the ground floor of a boxy, office-like building in the downtown.

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CPWX LO #601802

: CP601802

According to October 2021 Trains magazine, Canadian cylindrical wheat hopper cars are coming rare, because of their inefficiency compared to today’s modern successors. Here is the one found in my photo archive.

This car was found in a NS eastbound manifest train running through Bellevue, Ohio. It was built by Hawker-Siddeley in 1976 for the Canadian Wheat Board (CPWX). It became CP601802 in 2007, only patching the WX.

It still keeps the original “Government of Canada brown & yellow” scheme. Bilingual letterings are the charm of the car.

Shown below are also the Canadian cylindrical wheat hoppers: CP(WX)606565 built by National Steel Car in 1982, and CP(WX)606851 built by Marine Industries Limited also in 1982. Both cars came out with the “Canada red” scheme.

All the photos were taken on Sep. 6, 2019 at Bellevue, Ohio.

* Gagnon, Eric, (2020) Canada’s Grain Fleet – Covered Hoppers, Trackside Treasure;

: CP606565
: CP606851

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