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GP9u 1516

 

 

GP9u

CP 1516

 

 

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CP 1516 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8509

Serial Number : A 707

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1990

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8509 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977.;

2. CP 1516 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Jackie McNeil, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1516 at Hamilton, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Dave Broughton, 2009;

4. CP 1516 at Hamilton, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Dave Broughton, 2009;

5. CP 1516 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2014.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8509 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1516 (1980). Retired (2/13/2014). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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