Comments on: A CP westbound is pulling out of Agincourt yard at a spot between Brimley Rd. and McCowan Rd. Note the Bangor and Aroostook leaser in the consist. This picture would have been taken late in the afternoon after I got out from the education centre at IBM. This was a good spot to watch trains arriving and leaving Agincourt Yard as well as observing the hump units pushing cars over the hump at the classification yard.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 03:55:50 +0000

4083 demonstrates the placement of a lightweight truck on a covered wagon.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:37:59 +0000

A few units like 4055, 8511 and 8900, for a time, had a shield with the script lettering, a silver outline, and a small “Spans the World” logo on it too.

By: Dave Burroughs

Dave Burroughs — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:43:30 +0000

Thanks for the info. That explains the randomness of the beaver shields on steam genny equipped long hoods.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:39:49 +0000

All the CP covered wagons got the shield at the front, both passenger and freight. It was only the steam-generator equipped hood units that got a small beaver shield at the front, like certain GP9, H16-44, RS10 and Train Master groups (8900-8904).

Sometime around the mid-late 60′s or so, CP started removing the front shields, and was repainting units with just the front yellow stripes or touching up where the shield was.

By: Snake2

Snake2 — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:16:09 +0000

I believe that is one of the FPA-2′s with a steam genny..some of the upper 4000′s series were equipped

By: Dave Burroughs

Dave Burroughs — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:20:34 +0000

Steve, I was always under the impression that the beaver shield was applied to passenger units which included GM, MLW and CLC A-units. There was a small beaver shield on the long hood of some of the MLW RS-10′s such as 8475 which were equipped with steam generators. Strange though, in the Rail Canada book for diesel paint schemes of the CPR, there are pictures of CLC H-16-44 8556 and H-24-66 8900 with a beaver shield on the long hood.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 01:00:29 +0000

So was the beaver only applied to emd and alco covered wagons?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 21:52:52 +0000

Love the classic CP Liveries!