The stainless steel cars were repainted very quickly, as were the 1400 series FP7/FP9s. By May 1969 the last of those was the 1414.
Boiler equipped RS-10s and GP9s, and the 40xx series FP7s and FPA-2s were not regularly assigned to The Canadian so there was not the same push for repainting. As a result it was not uncommon to see mixed paint schemes for the locomotives when a usual 1400 was not available. In fact, as late as 1973 I saw the train headed by a pair of passenger GP9s (8507-8514), both in the script.
You would also see the occasional use of the older lightweight cars, especially baggage cars, less often a 2200 series coach, and they would not necessarily be in the multimark scheme. The exceptions mostly wore the silver with tuscan bands, not the older solid tuscan.
John Sutherland
Great pic, thanks! Hard to tell but it looks like the cars were all in CP Red.
Dean
30 years 1:1 Canadian Pacific.....now switching in HO
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
What John said. Unless they know a photo op is going on, you could see just about anything in the train.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
The action red and multimark were introduced in very late 1968. There was a very short period, perhaps a couple of months, in the spring of 1969 when you would see cars from both colour schemes in the consist. Repainting of the letterband and name panel went very quickly but there didn't appear to be any attempt to set up matched sets.
John
Hi,I´m Christian from Germany,
can me anyone say/show if the consists of the Canadian Pacific "The Canadian" ever use different paint shema(maroon stripes or Pacman) in a train?
Thanks forwart!