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GP9u 1639

 

 

GP9u

CP 1639

 

 

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CP 1639 AT THUNDER BAY, ON.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1957 as CP 8692

Serial Number : A 1148

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1991

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8692 at Port Coquitlam, B.C. painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976;

2. CP 1639 at Brandon, MB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

3. CP 1639 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2013.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8692 (1957). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1639 (1987). Mated with Slug #1000. Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping.

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