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GP9u 1526

 

 

GP9u

CP 1526

 

 

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CP 1526 AT ALYTH, CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8503

Serial Number : A 701

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1996

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8503 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1526 at Alyth, Calgary, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1526 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8503 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1526 (1981). Retired (10/25/2012). Moved to SRY, New Westminster, B.C., for dismantling and scrapping.

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