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GP9u CP 1588 |
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CP 1588 AT EDMONTON, AB.
Built by : GMD Built in : 1955 as CP 8529 Serial Number : A 772 Class : DS-17 Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver This Photo : Mark Veis, 2004
Other Photos (chronological) : 1. CP 8529 at Vancouver, B.C., in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979; 2. CP 1588 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1988; 3. CP 1588 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008; 4. CP 1588 at Ogden, Calgary AB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Doug Mackenzie, 2011.
Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).
Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8529 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1588 (1984). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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