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GP9u 1592

 

 

GP9u

CP 1592

 

 

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CP 1592 AT MOOSE JAW, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8646

Serial Number : A 1102

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1997

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8646 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1983;

2. CP 1592 at Regina, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

3. BRTX 2009 at WInnipeg, MB., painted red, lettered BRTX 2009. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2010;

4. BRTX 2009 at WInnipeg, MB., painted red, lettered BRTX 2009. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2010;

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8646 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1592 (1985). Declared Surplus (5/2007), sold to Brandt Engineering, Regina SK (6/2007). Frame was to be used to create prototype genset locomotive BRTX #2009, but a new frame was used and #1592 was scrapped, however parts may have ended up on the prototype unit.

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