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GP9u CP 1696 |
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CP 1696 AT CALGARY, AB.
Built by : GMD Built in : 1959 as CP 8829 Serial Number : A 1720 Class : DS-17 Paint Scheme : CP Rail Small Multimark This Photo : Cam Leonard, 2005
Other Photos (chronological) : 1. CP 8829 at Port Coquitlam B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1976; 2. CP 1696 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1991; 3. CP 1696 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997; 4. CP 1696 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Mark Forseille, 2011.
Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" stripes
Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8829 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1696 (1987). Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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