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GP9u 1620

 

 

GP9u

CP 1620

 

 

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CP 1620 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8659

Serial Number : A 1115

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CPR Beaver

This Photo : Mark Forseille, 2006

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8659 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1978;

2. CP 1620 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1995;

3. CP 1620 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

4. CP 1620 at Vancouver, B.C., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 2001;

5. CP 1620 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008;

6. CP 1620 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme . Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011;

7. CP 1620 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CPR Beaver paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2015.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8659 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1620 (1986). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Declared surplus (2/19/2015).

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