RailPictures.Net Photo: CP 8521 Canadian Pacific Railway EMD GP9 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Tom Nelligan

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» Canadian Pacific Railway (more..)
» EMD GP9 (more..)

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» Calgary, Alberta, Canada (more..)
» September, 1980

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» CP 8521 (more..)
» #2, the Canadian (more..)

» Tom Nelligan (more..)
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With its station work completed, VIA's eastbound Canadian departs Calgary, Alberta, behind a trio of Canadian Pacific diesels, two GP9s and an RS-10. It was not uncommon at the time to find CPR power supplementing VIA's own F-units on this train.

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