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GP9u 1529

 

 

GP9u

CP 1529

 

 

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CP 1529 AT GOLDEN, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8622

Serial Number : A 962

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : Canadian Pacific

This Photo : Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8622 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1529 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Larry Nast, 1984. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1529 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

4. CP 1529 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8622 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1529 (1981). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Retired (5/2013).

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