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GP9u 1552

 

 

GP9u

CP 1552

 

 

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CP 1552 AT OGDEN, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8506

Serial Number : A 704

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1995

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8506 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1552 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1996;

3. CP 1552 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 2002. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

4. CP 1552 at Ogden, Calgary AB., stripped down to the frame, to become GG20B #1702. Photo by Doug MacKenzie 2005;

5. CP 1702 at Alyth, Calgary AB., converted to GG20B #1702, painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Doug MacKenzie, 2006.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail System

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8506 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1552 (1983). Converted by RailPower technologies to "Green Goat" hybrid locomotive #1702 (2006).

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