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GP9u 1596

 

 

GP9u

CP 1596

 

 

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CP 1596 AT TORONTO, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8805

Serial Number : A 1457

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1998

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8805 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1596 at Sudbury, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1990.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8805 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1596 (1985). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Mated with Slug #1013. Retired (5/2013).

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