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GP9u 1608

 

 

GP9u

CP 1608

 

 

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CP 1608 AT MONTREAL, QC.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1956 as CP 8611

Serial Number : A 951

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1993

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8611 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1608 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bruce Chapman, 1988. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1608 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Ross Harrison, 1989. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8611 (1956). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1608 (1985). Retired (5/2013). Donated to the Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail), Delson, QC. (10/2013).

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