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GP9u 1556

 

 

GP9u

CP 1556

 

 

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CP 1556 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8507

Serial Number : A 705

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Mark Boesche, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8507 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1556 at Saskatoon, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1556 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1994.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8507 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1556 (1983). Retired (3/26/2008).

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