Here is a web site with various incarnations of 4070:
http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%2 ... 204070.htm
Here is some data from the beginning page:
CP 4070 AT OTTAWA, ON.
Built by : GMD
Built in : 1952
Serial Number : A 371
Class : DFA-15f
Paint Scheme : Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme
This Photo : Bruce Chapman collection, 1966
Other Photos (chronological) :
1. CP 1426 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo from the Ron Visockis collection, late 1950s;
2. Amroad 4070 at Toronto, ON., lettered for a fictional railway called "Amroad", used in the movie "Silver Streak" (1976). Photographer unknown, 1976. From the Bill Sanderson collection;
3. CTCUM 4070 at Montreal, QC., painted in the Ex-CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by B. Ottaway, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;
4. CTCUM 1300 at Montreal, QC., painted for CTCUM. Photo by John C. Benson, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection;
5. AMT 1300 at Dorion, QC., painted for Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (Montreal). Photo by Tim Mayhew, 1997. From the Bill Sanderson collection.
Notes : Built by GMD (1952). Renumbered to #1426 (12/1954). Renumbered back to #4070 (1/1966). Briefly lettered for a fictional railway named "Amroad" in a movie called "Silver Streak" (1976). Sold to CTCUM (1982), became CTCUM #4070, to #1300, then to Agence de Metropolitaine de Transport (Montreal) #1300. Sold to Quebec Central Railway (4/2003).
From another site,
http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cprost ... s/4000.htm
4067 GMD FP7A A368 1952 ---- 1423; see note
4070 GMD FP7A A371 1952 ---- 1426; see note
NOTE: Units 4066-4075 built on GMD order number C-147. All were re# 1422-1431 respectively in 1954 (except 1431 in 1955). 1423,1424,1425,1429,1430 were re# back to their original numbers in 1965. 1422,1426,1427,1428,1431 were re# back to their original numbers in 1966.
http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cprost ... /1400a.htm
1423 GMD FP7A A368 1952 ---- ex 4067
1426 GMD FP7A A371 1952 ---- ex 4070
Units 1422-1430 re# from 4066-4074 in 1954, and 1431 from 4075 in 1955.
Another site:
4070
http://cprailphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=585
4067
http://cprailphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=591
http://cprailphotos.com/gallery2/main.p ... ewsIndex=2
Discussion forum:
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/discus ... 4070_74482
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Streak_%28film%29
More on Silver Streak:
http://news.gaurc.us/?page_id=1745
Silver Streak consist:
4070 FP7A
4067 FP7A (running backwards)
613 (baggage/dorm)
Burton Manor (sleeper) (running backwards)
Elgin Manor (sleeper)
1_ _ (coach)
Wascana [?] (dining car )
______ Manor
108 (coach)
Kokanee Park (dome/obs/lounge/sleeper)
No "chateau" sleepers nor "dome coaches" were used.
If there are any fans of Silver Streak, let's start posting.