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CP 1563 AT EDMONTON, AB.

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8500

Serial Number : A 698

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail System

This Photo : Dale Winkler, 2004

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8500 at Port Coquitlam, painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1979;

2. CP 1563 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992.

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail System > Canadian Pacific

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8500 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1563 (1983). Equipped with CANAC remote control 'beltpack' equipment. Retired (2/11/2014).

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