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GP9u 1523

 

 

GP9u

CP 1523

 

 

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CP 1523 AT ALYTH, CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8689

Serial Number : A 1145

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : Canadian Pacific

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8689 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1523 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Verne Trevoy, 1987. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1523 at Alyth, Calgary 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 > Canadian Pacific

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8689 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1523 (1981). Retired (6/30/2013).

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