T1c Canadian Pacific steam

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Hi, I´m Christian from Germany,

could me give anyone some drawings with measurements or some resoursies who have ones about the T1c Selkirk steam engine Canadian Pacific(maybe some publisher)?

Thanks forwart!

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Christian,

Try the Delson museum, located near Montreal, Quebec. They have one of the two surviving Selkirk in display in a shed. I saw it. Impressive, awesome beast to say the least…They were built here in Montreal by MLW, the Montreal Locomotive Works, a company owned by ALCO.six Selkirks classed T 1c were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works shop in 1949. I found this on the subject:

“They were the last standard gauge steam locomotives built in Canada for a Canadian railroad. They were the same as the T 1b except for a few refinements, including two cross-compound air compressors to speed recharging of the air brake system. They were all equipped with boosters (some shortly after being built) and all were built as oil burners. The tenders held 12,000 Imperial gallons (55,000 litres) of water and 4,100 gallons (18,600 L) of fuel oil. They had to be equipped with two pair of six wheel trucks because the total tender weight was 148 tons (134 metric tonnes).”

“These last Selkirks were taken out of service in 1959. All but two were scrapped. None of the earlier T1a’s were preserved. Their heavier looking, non-streamlined appearance, were better examples of the heavy mountain steam power look. The 5935 is preserved in Delson, Quebec while the 5931 (renumbered 5934) is in Calgary’s Heritage Park. These later T 1’s were semi-streamlined and were painted with CPR tuscan red panels along their running boards and on the tender sides with gold leaf border trim.”

Christian

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References

  • C.P.Atkins, B.Sc. Loco Profile 35 Canadian Pacific Selkirks Profile Publications Ltd. Windsor, England 1973.
  • CPR Form M.P.330 Classification and Dimensions of Locomotives Revised February 1,1947 Issued by the Chief of Motive Power & Rolling Stock
    Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_locomotive”
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The museum’s name is actually… Exporail : The Candian Railway Museum ; and this is their website : http://www.exporail.org/public/