So Jim, I assume that the Grand Trunks engines were typical American
designs? I have an old video of some of their engines in the last
years. They all looked well maintained.
Bob Werre
>
> Thanks for sharing Bob. Great film!
>
> The subjects in the film,both CP Northerns have been preserved...3100
> is in
> Ottawa; 3101 is in Regina, Saskatchewan. Canadian Pacific and Canadian
> National's motive power preferences are interesting in their
> differences. CP
> had only the two Northerns, while the CN had 203. CP had 65 Hudsons
> however,
> while the CN owned only 5. The differences probably spring from the
> amount of
> lightly-laid rail lines CN inherited when it was formed. They needed
> 8-coupled
> drives to spread the engine weight along the rails. The 4-8-4's of both
> Canadian roads however were quite a bit smaller than most of the American
> Northern types.
>
> Trains magazine had an extensiive feature on the CP 4-8-4's back in
> January
> 1976.
>
> Happy New Year
> Jim
>
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