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GP9u 1517

 

 

GP9u

CP 1517

 

 

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CP 1517 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1954 as CP 8486

Serial Number : A 684

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1986

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8486 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 1517 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1517 at Toronto, ON., wrecked after a yard collision, painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Gary R. Zuters, 1991. Photo from the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1517 at Toronto, ON, remains. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1991. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8486 (1954). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1517 (1981). Wrecked at Toronto, ON. (1991), retired.

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