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GP9u 1590

 

 

GP9u

CP 1590

 

 

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CP 1590 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8523

Serial Number : A 766

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1997

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8523 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1980;

2. CP 1590 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

3. CP 1590 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2010;

4. CP 1590 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2011;

5. CP 1590 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2014.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8523 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1590 (1985). Declared surplus (5/20/2015). Sold to Larry's Truck & Electric (6/26/2015).

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