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GP9u 1597

 

 

GP9u

CP 1597

 

 

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CP 1597 AT WINDSOR, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8687

Serial Number : A 1143

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Earl Minnis, 1988

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8687 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1981;

2. CP 1597 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

3. CP 1597 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2004;

4. CP 1597 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

5. CP 1597 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

6. CP 1597 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CPR Beaver (Beaver logo on cab).

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8687 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1597 (1985). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Declared surplus (4/28/2015). Sold to Larry's Truck & Electric (6/26/2015).

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