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GP9u 1649

 

 

GP9u

CP 1649

 

 

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CP 1649 AT KAMLOOPS, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8684

Serial Number : A 1140

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8684 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1980;

2. CP 1649 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

3. CP 1649 at New Westminster, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2012.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8684 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1649 (1987). Retired (9/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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