Canadian Pacific Selkirk locomotive - Wikipedia
The Selkirk locomotives were 36 steam locomotives of the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement built for Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal in Quebec, Canada.
Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 Locomotives in Canada
Encompassing the whole of the CP's passage over the Canadian Rockies, this division demanded powerful, heavy locomotives.
Canadian Pacific Railway - TrainWeb
On 2.2% grade in Kicking Horse Pass. Canadian Pacific/Nicholas Morant The extended fairing around the stack housed a cowl which was raised by compressed air to deflect the exhaust backwards in tunnels and snowsheds to prevent damage to the roofs of these structures.
2-10-4 - Wikipedia
The Canadian Pacific (CP) Selkirk locomotives were all built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). The first 20 of these large engines were built in 1929, designated T1a class and allocated numbers 5900 to 5919.
Canadian Pacific Railway - TrainWeb
There were only 15 of these powerful 2-10-2's built 1919-1920 by the CPR. They were the most powerfull Canadian steam locomotives until the 2-10-4 Selkirks came along. Initially used for heavy freight service in the mountains they were soon reassigned because their slow speed of only 30 mph hindered the flow of traffic.
Canadian Pacific Selkirks 2-10-4 - Classic Trains Magazine
On the last eastbound and westbound Cities trains leaving temrinals the day before Amtrak startup, UP coupled 844 (possiboy 8444 at the time) at the front of these trains, forward of the A-B-B-A E-unit combinations. I enjoyed the front seat of the forward dome on the eastbound to watch the performance, into Cheyenne. You were on this train? YES.
CPR Class T1b 'Selkirk' 2-10-4, Images and Data
For working the heavy grades over the Rockies between Calgary and Revelstoke, a class of 2-10-4s was designed, and gradually improved, that gave Canada a stud of one of the finest heavy-haulage locomotives in North America.
CP’s experimental 2-10-4 | Classic Trains Magazine
Oct 10, 2022 · In 1931, two years after placing in service a fleet of 20 conventional 2-10-4s, Canadian Pacific constructed an experimental version. Class T4a No. 8000 had three cylinders and a multi-pressure boiler that supplied 250 PSI steam to the two outside cylinders and 850 PSI steam to the inside cylinder.
Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 T1a Selkirk Runby - YouTube
Jun 6, 2022 · Here's a Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 T1a Selkirk Steam Locomotive Hauling a Mix Freight from the 1950's. ...more. June 6, 2022.
Richard Leonard's Random Steam Photo Collection -- Canadian Pacific 2 ...
The Canadian Pacific was the only North American railroad to regularly use the 2-10-4 in passenger service. The T1b subclass of "Selkirks"came from Montreal Locomotive Works in 1938 with the semi-streamlined styling of the CPR's famous Royal Hudsons. They had 25x32-inch cylinders, 285 p.s.i. of boiler pressure, and 63-inch drivers.