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Canadian Pacific Railway All classes Ten-Wheeler 4-6-0
D4g 434 Cyl. 19" x 24" Drv. 62" Pressure
180 lbs. t.e. 21% CPR 12/1912. Tweed, Ont. Bruce Chapman Collection
D4g 444 CPR 2/1913 Original tender 10 tons coal, 5000
gallons water.
D4g 449 was the regular Waltham passenger engine in the late 1940's, and here he is about to cross the Alexandra/Interprovincial bridge heading to Hull with his train #543. Addy Schwalm/Bruce Chapman Collection
D4 449 on the Waltham passenger train flying white extra
flags. It is April 1946, and the Interprovincial Bridge was closed due
to a fire at the E. B. Eddy plant in Hull at the north end of the bridge.
The bridge was closed for repairs for some time, and all trains leaving
old Ottawa Union heading to Waltham, Maniwaki, Carleton Place and Montreal
via the north shore had to head east to Hurdman on the M&O Subdivision,
turn south on the Sussex Street Subdivision to Ellwood, then go around
the wye
D6d class 555 Saxon Locomotive Building Co. Chemnitz,
Germany #2842 2/04
D9c 579 near Lake Louise, Alberta. Schenctady #28338 7/03 Note the inboard valves.
"Distributed Power" This scene in the Kicking Horse Pass is proof of the old saying "There is nothing new under the sun"
One of only four D11a class "Mother Hubbard"
or, camelback style engines built with a Wooten wide firebox to
burn
E3a 2018 Cyl. 19" x 24" Drv.70" Press.
180 Tender 9 tons, 4000 gals. CPR 5/1913
E4b 2038 Cyl. 20" x 24" Drv. 70" Press.
180 Tender 8 ton, 4500 gals. CPR New Shops 3/1900
E4d class 2046 CPR New Shops #1332 7/00 Winnipeg 9-30-32 Bud Laws Collection A high Ten-Wheeler with 70 inch drivers for passenger
service.
E5f 2114 Cyl. 20" x 26" Drv. 70" 200 lbs.
25,300 t.e. Schenectady #28574 6/1903.
E5g 2118 and identical sister engine with a Royal Train
for the Prince of Wales. Between Smiths Falls and Brockville. 1927 Kevin
Day Collection
A later view of 2118 (note different headlight) Brockville, Ontario August 1935. Bud Laws Another of the last six E5's, 2055, 2110, 2113, 2114, 2118 and 2119 all scrapped 4/1949.
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