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GP9u 1696

 

 

GP9u

CP 1696

 

 

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CP 1696 AT CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8829

Serial Number : A 1720

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Cam Leonard, 2005

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8829 at Port Coquitlam B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1696 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991;

3. CP 1696 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

4. CP 1696 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8829 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1696 (1987). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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