Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Canadian Pacific steam double header passenger train, 1959


Seen near Abbortsford, BC, and it looks like a photo stop of an excursion train headed by a pair of 4-6-0's.

Canadian Pacific steam number 424 was built in 1915 by the CP's Angus Shops in Montréal, a class D4g. This class had a boiler pressure of 180 psi, 62-inch (1575 mm) driving wheels and weighed 132,000 pounds (60 tonnes). It was scrapped in 1966.  Number 946 was bigger; built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1911 and a class D10g, it had 63-inch (1600 mm) drivers, a boiler pressure of 200 psi. and a locomotive weight of 186,000 pounds (85 tonnes). It was scrapped in 1961.

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