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GP9u 1611

 

 

GP9u

CP 1611

 

 

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CP 1611 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8821

Serial Number : A 1473

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1999

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8821 at Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1982;

2. CP 1611 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

3. CP 1611 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2005;

4. CP 1611 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8821 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1611 (1986). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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