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GP9u 1626

 

 

GP9u

CP 1626

 

 

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CP 1626 AT MONTREAL, QC.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8698

Serial Number : A 1154

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Alex de Lery, 2007

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8698 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 1626 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Stan F. Styles, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1626 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1994;

4. CP 1626 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Boesche, 2003;

5. CP 1626 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Alex de Lery, 2007;

6. CP 1626 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2013.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8698 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1626 (1986). Retired (1/31/2013). Moved to SRY, New Westminster, B.C., for dismantling and scrapping.

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