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GP9u 1520

 

 

GP9u

CP 1520

 

 

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CP 1520 AT OGDEN, CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8544

Serial Number : A 787

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Dale Winkler, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8544 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1520 at Alyth Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Verne Trevoy, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1520 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

4. CP 1520 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2010.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8544 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1520 (1981). Retired (4/27/2009). Sold to J&L Consulting, Langley, B.C. (2010), became JLCX #1520. Then to Northern Plains Railroad, Fordville, ND. (2/2011), became NPR #1520.

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