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GP9u 1568

 

 

GP9u

CP 1568

 

 

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CP 1568 AT MOOSE JAW, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8505

Serial Number : A 703

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8505 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1568 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1994;

3. CP 1568 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8505 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1568 (1984). Retired (9/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping (11/11/2011).

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