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GP9u 1591

 

 

GP9u

CP 1591

 

 

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CP 1591 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as CP 8487

Serial Number : A 685

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Mark Forseille, 2007

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8487 at Golden, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Harry Schimm, 1975. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1591 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

3. CP 1591 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006.

4. CP 1591 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8487 (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1591 (1985). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Declared surplus (7/1/2014). Sold to J&L Consulting (8/19/2014), became JLCX #1591. Then to Ontario Southland Railway, became OSRX #1591.

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