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GP9u 1530

 

 

GP9u

CP 1530

 

 

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CP 1530 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as CP 8485

Serial Number : A 683

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : Canadian Pacific

This Photo : A. Ross Harrison, 2008

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8485 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by D.R. Phillips, 1977. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1530 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

3. CP 1530 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

4. CP 1530 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2004;

5. CP 1530 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2012.

 

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8485 (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1530 (1981). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Retired (8/29/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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