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A quick note on CP's trainmasters. None were ever repainted in the action red paint scheme nor for that matter in the preceding tuscan red and gray with the script lettering. The last paint they received was the tuscan red and gray with block letter, with the short hood as front. (They were delivered with the long hood as front but were changed around in 1959 and 1960). <br /> <br />In the late 1960s and early 1970s the last handful were assigned to heavy switching and transfer service around the Cominco smelter in Trail, B.C., with maintenance at the Nelson B.C. shop. When the remainder of the FM fleet was retired in spring 1975 the last three (8900, 8904 and 8905) were transferred to Calgary where they served until April 1976. <br /> <br />Interestingly, the only preserved trainmaster is CP 8905 which is at the railway museum in Delson, Quebec.
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