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GP9u 1636

 

 

GP9u

CP 1636

 

 

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CP 1636 AT WINNIPEG, MB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1958 as CP 8806

Serial Number : A 1458

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail

This Photo : A. Ross Harrison, 2007

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8806 at Port Coquitlam, B.C. painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1636 at Nelson, BC., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by K. McHugh, 1987;

3. CP 1636 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1995;

4. CP 1636 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Dale Winkler, 2004;

5. CP 1636 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008;

6. CP 1636 at Winnipeg, MB., painted in the CP Rail paint scheme. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2008.

 

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

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8806 (1958). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1636 (1986). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (3/28/2012). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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