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GP9u 1598

 

 

GP9u

CP 1598

 

 

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CP 1598 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8803

Serial Number : A 1455

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1996

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8803 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1598 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

3. CP 1598 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by John Soehner, 2008;

4. CP 1598 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2008.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8803 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1598 (1985). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Mated with Slug #1012. Retired (5/2013).

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