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GP9u 1557

 

 

GP9u

CP 1557

 

 

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CP 1557 AT ALYTH, CALGARY AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8664

Serial Number : A 1120

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1995

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8664 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1557 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by P.A. Patenaude, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8664 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1557 (1983). Retired (9/26/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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