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GP7u 1502

 

 

GP7u

St. L&H 1502

 

 

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St.L&H 1502 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1953 as CP 8421

Serial Number : A 508

Class : DS-15

Paint Scheme : St.L&H

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8421 at Calgary, AB., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by E.D. Motis, 1974;

2. CP 1502 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1986;

3. CP 1502 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. St.L&H 1502 at Toronto, ON., painted in the St.L&H paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1998. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

5. St.L&H 1502 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the St.L&H paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2013;

6. St.L&H 1502 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the St.L&H paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2013.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark > St. Lawrence & Hudson

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP7 #8421 (1953). Rebuilt by CP as GP7u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1502 (1981), renumbered to St.L&H #1502 (10/1997). Mated with Slug CP #1011. Retired (10/25/2012). Moved to SRY, New Westminster, B.C., for dismantling and scrapping.

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