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GP9u 1621

 

 

GP9u

CP 1621

 

 

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CP 1621 AT MOOSE JAW, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8808

Serial Number : A 1460

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 2001

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8808 at Montreal, QC., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Jean Patenaude, 1975. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1621 at Toronto, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1986;

3. CP 1621 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2012.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8808 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1621 (1986). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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