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CP Rail Remembrance locos.


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CBC article on how they concealed the paint schemes until the unveiling:

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-pacific-rail-locomotives-commemorate-1.5355867

 

And the CP pages about them, including hi-res images:

 

https://www.cpr.ca/en/media/canadian-pacific-honours-canadian-us-military-with-special-locomotives

 

https://www.cpr.ca/en/media/photos

 

It is possible with the SD90 that Athearn announced in the spring that they could also continue on to do the SD70ACU, and with collectible paint schemes like these I would suspect that has become even more likely.

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Some more pictures (note except for 6644 all have Canadian flag on one side, US flag on opposite side):

 

CP 6644 - camouflage colours applied to Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfires flown during the Normandy invasion June 6 1944

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39407

 

CP 7020 - NATO green, used by Canadian and American armies in temperate climates

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39408

 

CP 7021 - sand colour used by Canadian and American armies in arid climates

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39404

 

CP 7022 - grey, red and black colour pattern of modern Canadian and American warships

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39405

 

CP 7023 - two-tone grey paint scheme based on the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39406

 

 

 

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