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GP9u 1566

 

 

GP9u

CP 1566

 

 

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CP 1566 AT REGINA, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as CP 8491

Serial Number : A 689

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2003

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8491 at Golden, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by R.A. Matthews, 1980. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1566 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1990;

3. CP 1566 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8491 (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1566 (1983). Retired (9/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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