Canadian Pacific Railway

T1 Class 2-10-4 Selkirk

Steam (see below) mixes with sets of GMD and CLC covered wagons in the transition
between the steam era and dieselization. Field, BC Ronald Bearman collection

T1b 5924 25" x 32" cyl. 63" drv. 285 lbs. press. 76,900 t.e. plus 12,500 for booster engine. MLW 69112 11/38
Note the unique tapered cab only on Selkirks. Ronald Bearman collection

T1a 5919 last of the original twenty 5900's at Field. MLW #67940 9/29 Ronald Bearman collection
Cyl. 25 1/2" x 32" Drv. 63" Press. 275 lbs. 77,200 t.e.plus booster 12,000 Tender 4100 gals. oil 12,000 gals.water

Following dieselization of the original mountain territory of the Selkirks many were transferred to flatland.
Extra 5906 East on the double track Swift Current Subdivision. C.1953 Ernfold, SK Ron Bearman

Extra 5913 East, also on the double track Swift Current Sub. Another T1a both built by MLW 8/29.
1953 Waldeck, SK Ron Bearman

T1b 5922 on the headend of a passenger train at Banff July 19, 1942 Howard W. Ameling/Bud Laws Collection

Second 4 engine 5929 with coal-fired assist engine 5813 cut in behind. 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. However, this made the cab worse and were unpopular therefore not always used. This was a little-known feature.

This was one of many Canadian Pacific Railway Public Relations Department photographs taken by company photographer Nicholas Morant and was first published in 1978 in Volume One of Canadian Pacific in the Rockies by D. M. Bain.
This was the first of many interesting booklets printed over the next 30 years by the BRMNA.

T1b 5928 with a coal-fired P2 class 2-8-2 assisting. Painting by the famous railroad artist Howard Fogg.

T1c 5935 the last Selkirk barely fits on the table at Outremont 3/15/49. MLW 76226 3/1949 Bud Laws Collection
Note: The six T1c's were built as oil-fired. Tender 4100 gallons of oil and 12,000 gals. water.

NOTE: Two Selkirks have been preserved.
5931 (renumbered 5934) at Heritage Park in Calgary,
and 5935 at Exporail near Montreal. January 13, 2007.