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GP9u 1550

 

 

GP9u

CP 1550

 

 

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CP 1550 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as CP 8490

Serial Number : A 688

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Mark Forseille, 2006

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8490 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1981;

2. CP 1550 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1995;

3. CP 1550 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison 2008;

4. CP 1550 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail System

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8490 (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1550 (1983).  Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (5/2013).

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