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GP9u 1581

 

 

GP9u

CP 1581

 

 

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CP 1581 AT GOLDEN, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8535

Serial Number : A 778

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8535 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1974;

2. CP 1581 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Stan F. Styles, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1581 at Calgary, AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Cam Leonard, 2005.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8535 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1581 (1984). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping (11/11/2011).

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