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GP9u 1688

 

 

GP9u

CP 1688

 

 

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CP 1688 AT MONTREAL, QC.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as TH&B 401

Serial Number : A 569

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. TH&B 401 at Buffalo, NY., painted in the TH&B Maroon/Cream paint scheme. Photo by Michael A. Tedesco, 1973. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1688 at Smiths Falls, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

3. CP 1688 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Alex de Lery, 2007.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as TH&B GP9 #401 (2/1954), acquired by CP (1987), rebuilt, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1688 (1988). Unit has no dynamic brakes. Retired (5/2013).

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