SOO paint chart

Paint scheme code, description, and years used.

(years used meaning actively applied to units)

B = Solid Black (1938-1939)

BW = Black/White narrow angle stripes (1941-1945)

BWD = Black/White DSS&A (1945-1948)

BGNA = Black/Gold narrow angle stripes (1946-1948)

BGWA = Black/Gold wide angle stripes (only used on #300 AFAIK)

BGNV = Black/Gold Narrow V stripes (1947-1950)

BGSV = Black/Gold Sharp V stripes (repaints only 1950-?)

BGWV = Black/Gold Wide V stripes (1950-1960)

GYD = Green/Yellow DSS&A (1949-1961)

GYS = Green/Yellow Soo (red lettering unless specified) (1961-1964?)

MG = Maroon/Gold pine tree (1947-1961)

MG1 = Maroon/Gold dual pine trees (1955)

MG2 = Maroon/Gold 3 piece pine tree (1954)

M = Solid Maroon (1961-1962)

RW = Original Red/White (1962-1974,1975-1994)

RWP = Red/White hockeystick with Parallelogram logo (1974)

RWW = Red/White hockeystick with White tail end w/out parallelogram logo (1975?)

RWR = Red/White/Red lettering (1977-1978)

RWH = Red/White Hockeystick (1979-1989)

CAR = Candy Apple Red (1989-1993)

DFG = Dual Flags CP System (1993- 4/97)

NFG = No Flags CP System (1993- 9/97)

CPB = Canadian Pacific Beaver (9/97 – present)

CPN = Canadian Pacific No beaver (9/97-present)

*indicates painting dates from company records, other dates are photographic evidence of a unit being in that paint scheme on that date.

UNIT #	MODEL	DATE AQUIRED	ORIG. PAINT	P1 DATES	PAINT #2	P2 DATES	PAINT #3	P3 DATES	DATE RETIRED	NOTES
100	RS1	5/45	BWD		GYD		M			Ex-DSSA
101	RS1	6/45	BWD		GYD		GYS		63	Ex-DSSA, relettered Soo Line in black
102	RS1	12/46	BWD		GYD	9/52, 6/62	M		67	Ex-DSSA
103	RS1	1/47	BWD		GYD	9/59				Ex-DSSA
104	RS1	1/47	BWD		GYD		GYS	3/64		Ex-DSSA, relettered Soo Line in black
105	RS1	2/47	BWD		GYD		M	3/63,5/66		Ex-DSSA
106	RS1	5/47	BWD		GYD		M	5/66		Ex-DSSA
107	RS1	1/51	GYD	4/59*	GYS				66	Ex-DSSA, relettered Soo Line in black
200A	F3A ph2	10/47	MG							Dollar sign herald on gold background on MG
200B	F3A ph2	10/47	MG							Dollar sign herald on gold background on MG
201A	F3A ph3	1/48	MG
201B	F3A ph3	1/48	MG
202A	F3A ph3	1/48	MG
202B	F3A ph3	1/48	MG
203A	F3A ph4	8/48	MG	5/64
203B	F3A ph4	8/48	MG
204A	F3A ph4	8/48	MG
204B	F3A ph4	8/48	MG
205A	FA1	4/48	MG
205B	FA1	4/48	MG
206A	FA1	4/48	MG
206B	FA1	4/48	MG
207A	FA1	4/48	MG
207B	FA1	4/48	MG
208A	FA1	5/48	MG
208B	FA1	5/48	MG
209A	FA1	5/48	MG
209B	FA1	5/48	MG
210A	FA1	7/49	MG
210B	FA1	7/49	MG
211A	FA1	7/49	MG
211B	FA1	7/49	MG
212A	F7A	3/51	MG		M	9/65	RW
212B	F7A	3/51	MG		RW	11/5/66*
213A	F7A	7/52	MG		RW	9/27/63*
213B	F7A	7/52	MG		RW	7/11/64*
214A	F7A	7/52	MG	1/67	RW
214B	F7A	7/52	MG		RW	11/10/64*


300	NW2	9/39	B		BW	8/51	BGWA			RW 12/24/66*
301	NW2	9/39	B		BW		BGWV (no stripes on cab front)	5/62		RW 7/12/66*
310	VO-1000	11/45	BW							Retired ‘63
311	DS-4-4-1000	6/49	BGNA		BGWV	63				No stripes on cab front in BGNA
312	DS-4-4-1000	6/49	BGNA		RW	7/67
313	S12	3/52	BGWV		RW	7/67
314	S12	3/52	BGWV		RW	4/69
315	H-12-44 ph1	6/52	BGWV		RW	7/20/66* 2/68
316	H-12-44 ph2	12/54	BGWV		RW	11/29/66*
317	H-12-44 ph2	12/54	BGWV		RW	11/17/66*
318	H-12-44 ph2	12/54	BGWV		RW	6/16/66*
319	H-12-44 ph2	12/54	BGWV		RW	6/28/66* 10/66
320	SW1	9/39	B		BW		BGWV			RW 11/18/66* Sold to GLCD
321	SW9	12/54	BGWV		RW	5/8/67*
322	SW9	12/54	BGWV		RW	5/67*
323	SW9	12/54	BGWV		RW	5/13/67*
324	SW9	12/54	BGWV		RW	5/27/67*	RWP	7/75		RW
325	SW9	1/55	BGWV		RW
326	SW9	1/55	BGWV		RW
327	SW9	1/55	BGWV		RW
328	SW9	1/55	BGWV		RW	12/7/66*
330	GE 44 TON	6/41	BW
350	RS1	12/54	MG		RW	11/6/66* 9/70
351	RS1	12/54	MG	4/67	RW	2/68
352	RS1	12/54	MG		RW	3/23/67* 9/71
353	RS1	12/54	MG		RW	12/17/66
360	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV		BGWV
361	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV		MG	1/60
362	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV
363	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV		MG	1/58
364	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV		MG	2/58
365	DRS-4-4-1500	12/47	BGNV
366	DRS-4-4-1500	12/48	BGNV		BGWV	12/54
367	DRS-4-4-1500	12/48	BGNV
368(370)	RSC-2	6/49	BGNV		BGWV	?/55, ?/68
369(371)	RSC-2	6/49	BGNV	7/65	RW	7/7/66* 4/71
370	RSC-2	11/49	BGNV
371	RSC-2	11/49	BGNV
372	RSC-3	10/50	BGWV		RW	2/68, ?/71
373	RSC-3	10/50	BGWV		RW
374	RSC-3	10/50	BGWV		RW
375	GP7	9/50	BGWV		RW	2/4/65*				To IMRL r/n 101
376	GP7	9/50	BGWV		RW	5/7/65*
377	GP7	2/51	BGWV	9/64	RW	4/9/65*
378	GP7	3/51	BGWV		MG	6/60	RW
379	AS-16	8/51	BGWV							Retired in BG ‘68
380	AS-16	8/51	BGWV							Retired in BG ‘69
381	GP7	7/52	BGWV		RW	5/9/64* 7/64
382	GP7	7/52	BGWV		RW	3/19/65*
383	GP7	7/52	BGWV		RW	2/26/65* 7/65
384	DRS-6-6-1500	11/49	GYD							Ex DSS&A 200
385	DRS-6-6-1500	11/49	GYD							Ex DSS&A 201
386	DRS-6-6-1500	11/49	GYD		GYS					Ex DSS&A 202
387	DRS-6-6-1500	3/50	GYD	10/61						Ex DSS&A 203
388	DRS-6-6-1600	2/51	GYD							Ex DSS&A 204
389	DRS-6-6-1600	2/51	GYD		GYS	12/64				Ex DSS&A 205
390	DRS-6-6-1600	2/51	GYD		GYS	9/64, 8/65			Ret. 5/8/67	Ex DSS&A 206
391	DRS-6-6-1600	2/51	GYD							Ex DSS&A 207
392	DRS-6-6-1600	2/51	GYD		RW	3/64, 8/65				Ex DSS&A 208
393	DRS-6-6-1600	8/52	GYD		RW	8/65				Ex DSS&A 209
394	DRS-6-6-1600	8/52	GYD	10/61	GYS	9/64				Ex DSS&A 210
395	DRS-6-6-1600	3/52	Baldwin Demo colors	7/53	Bal. Demo W/DSS&A lettering	7/55	GYD	7/58	RW 7/66	Ex DSS&A 211, BLW 1600
396	DT-6-6-2000	10/49	GYD		M					Ex DSS&A 300
397	DT-6-6-2000	10/49	GYD		RW	10/66				Ex DSS&A 301
398	DT-6-6-2000	10/49	GYD							Ex DSS&A 302
399	DT-6-6-2000	8/50	GYD		GYS					Ex DSS&A 303
400	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG	?/63	RW	7/20/67*	RW(IMRL)			To IMRL r/n 102
401	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG	4/65,5/66	RW
402	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG	?/63, 4/65	RW	4/8/67*
403	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG	7/66	RW	4/29/67*				To IMRL r/n 103
404	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG2		RW	6/1/63* 10/63
405	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG		RW
406	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG2	6/67	RW	7/17/67* 3/23/78*			11/79
407	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG		RW	3/19/66* 8/66			11/79
408	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG	7/64	RW		RW(IMRL)	6/02		To IMRL r/n 104, r/n 126
409	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG		RW	2/5/66*			6/86
410	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG	?/65	RW		CAR	4/98
411	GP9 PH2	5/56	MG		RW	9/1/65*				Rebuilt w/low nose ’68 GP35 style nose
412	GP9 PH2L	5/57	MG	?/65	RW	8/22/67*			10/92
413	GP9 PH2L	5/57	MG		RW	10/65			2/80	Rebuilt w/low nose ‘65
414	GP9 PH2L	5/57	MG		RW	3/31/67*
415	RS27	4/62	RW
416	RS27	4/62	RW
500A	FP7	11/49	MG		RW	8/24/63* 6/67	MG
500C(500B)	F7B	11/49	MG		RW					Scrapped 1961
501A	FP7A	1/50	MG		RW	1/16/67*
501C(501B)	F7B	11/49	MG	11/66	RW	9/67*
502A	FP7A	3/51	MG		M	2/65,3/65	RW	7/16/66* 8/66
502C(502B)	F7B	3/51	MG		M		RW	5/1/66*
503A	FP7A	3/51	MG		RW	9/22/65*
503C(503B)	F7B	3/51	MG		RW
504	FP7A	9/52	MG		RW	12/31/63*				RW in 4/66
505	FP7A	9/52	MG		RW	1/20/64* 1/65,5/67
550 (4225)	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG		RW	4/3/62*	RW(IMRL)			Helenic wide serif SOO applied in ’62, changed later to normal lettering. Rebuilt w/o roof air tanks and normal fuel tanks in ’62 To IMRL, r/n 120
551 (4226)	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG		RW	6/27/67*
552 (4227)	GP9 PH1	12/54	MG2	1/64	RW	2/18/67*				IMRL r/n 121, r/n 137
553 (4228)	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG	7/63	RW	2/6/67*				To IMRL r/n 122
554 (4229)	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG		RW	1/31/64* 4/65, 7/64
555 (4230)	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG	4/63	RW
556 (4231)	GP9 PH1	1/55	MG		RW	10/30/63* 7/64				To IMRL, r/n 123
557 (4232)	GP9 PH2	5/56	MG	2/65	RW	12/27/65* 3/31/74*				To IMRL r/n 124
558 (4233)	GP9 PH2	5/56	MG		RW	5/19/66*	RWH			To IMRL r/n 125
700	GP30	4/63	RW
701	GP30	4/63	RW
702	GP30	4/63	RW
703	GP30	4/63	RW		RWW
704	GP30	4/63	RW
705	GP30	4/63	RW
706	GP30	5/63	RW
707	GP30	5/63	RW
708	GP30	5/63	RW
709	GP30	5/63	RW
710	GP30	5/63	RW							No Soo Line on nose in ‘66
711	GP30	5/63	RW
712	GP30	5/63	RW
713	GP30	5/63	RW
714	GP30	5/63	RW
715	GP30	5/63	RW
716	GP30	5/63	RW
717	GP30	5/63	RW
718	GP30	6/63	RW
719	GP30	6/63	RW
720	GP30	6/63	RW
721	GP30	6/63	RW
722	GP35	8/64	RW
723	GP35	7/64	RW
724	GP35	7/64	RW
725	GP35	7/64	RW
726	GP35	5/65	RW
727 (1776)	GP35	5/65	RW		Bicentennial	9/75*	RW
728	GP35	5/65	RW
729	GP35	5/65	RW
730	GP35	5/65	RW
731	GP35	5/65	RW
732 (4600)	GP40	3/67	RW
733 (4601)	GP40	3/67	RW		RWP		RW
734 (4602)	GP40	3/67	RW						92	Retired in ’92, CP4602 is now ex-MILW 2003
735 (4603)	GP40	3/67	RW
736	SD40	4/69	RW
737	SD40	4/69	RW
738	SD40	4/69	RW		CAR	5/92
739	SD40	4/69	RW		CAR	8/93
740	SD40	4/69	RW		DFG
741	SD40	5/69	RW		DFG					Received backwards US flag decals
742	SD40	5/69	RW		CAR
743	SD40	5/69	RW
744	SD40	5/69	RW