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GP9u 1610

 

 

GP9u

CP 1610

 

 

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CP 1610 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8675

Serial Number : A 1131

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8675 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 1610 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Matthew Magone, 2010.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8675 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1610 (1985). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Mated with Slug #1023. Retired (9/26/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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