As a July 1962 passenger on Canadian Pacific's train No. 1, The Canadian, my father, Dr. R. D. Leonard, took advantage of a prolonged station stop at Medicine Hat, Alberta to grab this transparency of the power headed by GMD FP-7A 1409. Coming from GMD in 1954 in class DPA-17A, the unit was sold to VIA Rail Canada in 1978, retaining this number until being renumbered to VIA 6557 in 1982. On retirement from VIA the unit was acquired by the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Restored to its original CPR livery, it handles the Royal Canadian Pacific luxury tourist train based in Calgary, Alberta.