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GP9u 1691

 

 

GP9u

CP 1691

 

 

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CP 1691 AT MOOSE JAW, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8832

Serial Number : A 1723

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8832 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1691 at Regina, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1691 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Gary R. Zuters, 2006. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8832 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1691 (1980). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Retired (8/29/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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