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GP9u 1522

 

 

GP9u

CP 1522

 

 

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CP 1522 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8642

Serial Number : A 1098

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : Canadian Pacific

This Photo : Chris Davidson, 2005

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8642 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1522 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1522 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

4. CP 1522 at Calgary, AB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Aaron Hirschfeld, 2004.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8642 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1522 (1981). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Retired (6/2013).

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