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GP9u 1613

 

 

GP9u

CP 1613

 

 

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CP 1613 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8508

Serial Number : A 706

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : A. Ross Harrison, 2008

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8508 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1980;

2. CP 1613 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

3. CP 1613 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1998;

4. CP 1613 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2008;

5. CP 1613 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

6. CP 1613 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

7. JLCX 1613 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Ex-CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009;

8. JLCX 1613 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the Ex-CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2009.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8508 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1613 (1986). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Declared surplus (7/19/2008). Sold to Rail & Motor International (RIMX) for parts (5/2009). Resold to J&L Consulting, became JLCX #1613. Then to Northern Plains Railroad, Thief River Falls, MN., became NPR #1613.

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