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GP9u 1576

 

 

GP9u

CP 1576

 

 

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CP 1576 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8633

Serial Number : A 973

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : Mark Boesche, 2003

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8633 at Calgary, AB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by E.D. Motis, 1975;

2. CP 1576 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

3. CP 1576 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2001. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8633 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1576 (1984). Retired (4/27/2009). Sold to RB Recycling, Lachine QC. (9/2010).

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