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GP9u 1527

 

 

GP9u

CP 1527

 

 

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CP 1527 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8658

Serial Number : A 1114

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8658 at Kinnaird, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by John Leeming, 1980;

2. CP 1527 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1527 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

4. CP 1527 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by John Soehner, 2011.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8658 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1527 (1981). Retired (2/18/2014). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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