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CP 1562 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8537

Serial Number : A 780

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : A. Ross Harrison, 2008

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8537 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1562 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1983. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1562 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1562 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

5. CP 1562 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2001;

6. CP 1562 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

7. CP 1562 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2012.

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8537 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1562 (1983). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (2/13/2014).

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