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GP9u 1692

 

 

GP9u

CP 1692

 

 

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CP 1692 AT EDMONTON, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8833

Serial Number : A 1724

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2003

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8833 at Port Coquitlam B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Script" paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1692 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photographer unknown, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

2. CP 1692 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8833 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1692 (1982). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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