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GP9u 1542

 

 

GP9u

CP 1542

 

 

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CP 1542 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8614

Serial Number : A 954

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1991

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8614 at Revelstoke, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1981;

2. CP 1542 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1542 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 2004. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1542 at Hamilton, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Dave Broughton, 2009.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8614 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1542 (1982). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Declared surplus (4/28/2015). Sold to J&L Consulting (1/2017), became JLCX #1542.

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