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GP9u 1689

 

 

GP9u

CP 1689

 

 

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CP 1689 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as TH&B 402

Serial Number : A 570

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Chris Davidson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. TH&B 402 at Hamilton, ON., painted in the TH&B Maroon/Cream paint scheme. Photo by Cheryl Tarzwell, 1977. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1689 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1995;

3. CP 1689 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Cor va Steenis, 2008;

4. CP 1689 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011;

5. BDRV 1889 at Winnipeg, MB., painted for Belvidere & Delaware River Railway. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2011.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as TH&B GP9 #402 (2/1954), acquired by CP (1987), rebuilt, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1689 (1988). Unit has no dynamic brakes. Retired (12/2009). Sold to J&L Consulting, Langley, B.C. (2010). sold to Belvidere & Delaware River Railway, New Jersey (3/2011), became BDRV #1889.

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