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GP9u 1693

 

 

GP9u

CP 1693

 

 

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CP 1693 AT EDMONTON, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8837

Serial Number : A 1728

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Mark Veis, 2004

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8837 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1974;

2. CP 1693 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Richard Parlby, 1985;

3. CP 1693 at Edmonton, AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by P.A. Patenaude, 1986. From the Bill Sanderson collection.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8837 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1693 (1983). Retired (9/30/2008). Sold to Rail & Motor International (RIMX) for parts (5/2009).

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