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GP9u 1539

 

 

GP9u

CP 1539

 

 

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CP 1539 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8534

Serial Number : A 777

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8534 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1981;

2. CP 1539 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1539 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

4. CP 1539 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8534 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1539 (1982). Retired (5/2013).

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