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GP9u 1573

 

 

GP9u

CP 1573

 

 

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CP 1573 AT MOOSE JAW, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8628

Serial Number : A 968

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8628 at Wilkie, SK., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by R.A. Matthews, 1977. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1573 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1573 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 > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8628 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1573 (1984). Retired (3/28/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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