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GP9u 1638

 

 

GP9u

CP 1638

 

 

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CP 1638 AT EDMONTON, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8657

Serial Number : A 1113

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Dale Winkler, 2005

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8657 at Port Coquitlam, B.C. painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1638 at Edmonton, AB. painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1993;

3. CP 1638 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8657 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1638 (1987). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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