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GP9u 1548

 

 

GP9u

CP 1548

 

 

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CP 1548 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8819

Serial Number : A 1471

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2002

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8819 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1548 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1548 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992;

4. CP 1548 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2007;

5. CP 1548 at Toronto, ON., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2010.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8819 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1548 (1983). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Mated with Slug #1024. Retired (5/2013). Sold to JLCX (2013), scrapped at Chicago Heights Processing (2014).

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