Welcome to the go bald from frustration, invent new cuss words, and learn to machine impossible to find small parts Club!
But when they actually work, you’ll have the world’s coolest locos!
Have fun!
Gee, CP Guy in TX beat me to it.
I just acquired a VH CPR H1-a
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I was breaking in the engine and suddenly getting a lot of shorting in the tender. I tried a few things like swapping tenders, the engine ran great, but was having problems with the new tender.
I contacted CP guy for some hints, based on his recommendations I did a careful step by step inspection and found the culprit. A washer was soaked in oil and was the reason for the shorting. A new washer and the rest of the evening the Hudson ran perfectly.
This is one heavy engine if it pulls as well as my CN Hudson I will be one happy camper;
I will have to let CP guy the honour of picking the road number for this engine.
Thanks again CP guy for your help.
That’s a beautiful engine you have there!
Some sweet looking locomotive, never liked any CPR loco with all the add on fancy streamlining, this looks like a real locomotive.
Lordy, that’s one BEAUTIFUL Hudson!! [tup]
Tom [:D]
Baltic!
I’d always heard that the “Baltic” locomotive was a 2-6-4 and very seldom used in North America. Every description of a CPR 4-6-4 I’ve read refers to them as “Hudsons.”
Tom
Canadian National called their 4-6-4 a Baltic, note they only had a six, only a few, including a 4-6-4 tank.
Canadian Pacific - had 65 hudsons, 20 non-streamline, and the remaining 45 were steamlined, all were called Hudsons
CPR did have eight 4-6-4 tank engines, CPR called these tank engines Baltics
Didn’t mean to steal your thunder, Don. I thought people knew. Beautiful loco!
Your video is what got me interested in looking for one of the H1-a’s for myself. Until then I was content with having the Pacific G3 and the Mike P2. Thought I had all of the CPR engines I would need or want.
As we discussed the streamlined versions of the Steam Engines are not of major interest to you nor I.
My big decision now is what colour scheme to follow for this engine.
The grey version as on the 2816 was mainly used in Central and Eastern Canada.
The Western version was grayish firebox with a black boiler with maroon stripe on the walkway of the engine and also a portion of the tender.
I must have run the engine for about four hours, the can motor used on it is a great little beast, Good slow speed control and a top speed of about 80 is fine by my criteria.
I’m not sure I understand the title of this thread.
Is Don 7 an ancient owner of a brass steam loco, or is Don7 the owner of an ancient brass steam loco?
I really need to repaint the gray on the boiler on my 2816. It’s not really correct for where I went with the model.
I now have an oil bunker on the tender, I installed a forward mount whistle and ditch lights as well. It also hauls an auxiliary tender now as well.
So the gray on the boiler should be more of a Russian Iron color, similar to True Line’s CP steam gray, not the weathered gray like I have on mine.
I’m gonna now beat myself up over it until I just do it.
FYI, I DO have one H1b in my fleet, numbered as 2839. I sometimes run them both doubleheaded as a kinda “fantasy excursion” fan trip. It’s way cool.
Don, I’m glad my crappy videos got your juices flowing. That was the whole idea, to inspire, right?
I personally think 2816 as it is in service today is te natural scheme to paint the model, but, if you’re like me, then it’ll mean heavy duty surgery to a priceless model, not something everyone is comfortable with…
Pit took me months to work up the courage to make the first cut…
Don,
Congratulations on a great acquisition! Those H1b’s are a lovely loco and I must admit that I have a soft spot for them even though I am a CN guy. Maybe it was the hour I spent pacing 2816 north of Thief River Falls,MN in Sept/07. I was the only vehicle following it and got some great video.
CN did have a few 4-6-4’s as you mention but they didn’t call them Baltics. The 6 tank engines to which you refer were the class X-10 and were called Suburbans likely because they hauled commuter trains around Montreal. They were built in 1914 and were quite small with 63" drivers and a T/E of 32,000 lbs or 32% in CN terminoligy.
CN did have 5 true Hudsons built in 1930 and they did call them Hudsons. They were about the same size as CP’s but had 80" drivers so were quite speedy.
CN Charlie
Batman
Great pictures.
I am trying to remember what the status of the Royal Hudson is.
I thought it was just lately that they finished work on its rebuild.
Too bad that the Provincial gov’t does not view it as an asset and an excellent travelling ambassador. The 2860 has been just about everywhere in the lower 48 states.
There still are a lot of tourists every year wanting to ride the Royal Hudson on its Squamish to North Van trip. Its years later yet word of mouth brings prospective riders out.
There was some talk that Rocky Mountain tours might lease it and run it as an exclusive excursion trip just like CPR does the 2816.
Anyone check on the price, a cruise is much cheaper.
Don.
This video tells the status of the Royal Hudson. When I stopped by the park last time they had it out and about going up and down some sidings. That’s where I took the pic.
Brent
Great news, I thought it was rebuilt, just not sure if it was finished.
I will take a chance and go to Squamish for the day and hope I am as lucky as you and they take her out for a spin, if she is still onsite later this summer.
That’s 'cause it’s just a boat ride. [swg][(-D][(-D][(-D]
Wayne
Don. It’s a great place to spend a day with the kids or grand kids.
These two tried to take this for a joyride.
They got caught!
They made their escape!
Pumping like fiends down the track into the Canadian wilderness!
They ran into this fire breathing monster on a seldom used track!
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Returned to civilization in style to face justice.
All in all a good day.
Brent