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GP9u 1627

 

 

GP9u

CP 1627

 

 

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CP 1627 AT PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8813

Serial Number : A 1465

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : Canadian Pacific

This Photo : Mark Forseille, 2008

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8813 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1974;

2. CP 1627 at Calgary, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Richard Parlby, 1990;

3. CP 1627 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

4. CP 1627 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1996;

5. CP 1627 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006;

6. CP 1627 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2006;

7. CP 1627 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., rear side, painted in the CP Rail System paint scheme. Photo by Wilco van Schoonhoven, 2006.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail System > Canadian Pacific

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8813 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1627 (1986). Declared surplus (7/1/2014). Sold to J&L Consulting (8/19/2014), became JLCX #1627. Then sold to Southern Railway of BC, became SRY #108.

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