What do the numbers on a steam locomotive mean?
In this system numbers are assigned to the leading, driving, and trailing wheels of the locomotive. The first number is the number of leading wheels. The middle number (or numbers) give the number and arrangement of drivers. The last is the number of trailing wheels (typically under the firebox).
When was the CPR built?
16 February 1881, Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway/Founded
How many Chinese workers died building the CPR?
Upward of 15,000 Chinese labourers helped to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Working in harsh conditions for little pay, these workers suffered greatly and historians estimate that at least 600 died working on the railway.
How many Chinese died making the railroad?
Between 1865-1869, 10,000 -12,000 Chinese were involved in the building of the western leg of the Central Pacific Railroad. The work was backbreaking and highly dangerous. Approximately 1,200 died while building the Transcontinental Railroad. Over a thousand Chinese had their bones shipped back to China to be buried.
When did the CPR steam locomotive database start?
You have found the CPR Steam Locomotive database. Though this site has been operational since 2002 it is still a very much a work in progress.
What was the name of the first CPR train?
(CP 2635 started it’s life as CP 1235 and was renumbered before 1926. It was similar to CP 2205 Pacific Class which is shown below (JMD)) The train in the photograph is the first CPR train into Lloyd with a number of Colonist Sleeping Cars at the front with Barr Colonists on board.
What was the last steam locomotive built in Canada?
CPR 1301 constructed August 20, 1948, last of two orders totalling 50 engines, it was the last steam locomotive built at Kingston for a Canadian railway. It was also the last G5 class Pacific type.
What kind of engines did the CPR use?
These engines were the first P2’s built with multiple throttles which provided a rapid response. Beginning in 1919 the CPR built ten P2 class heavy 2-8-2 Mikado type engines, bigger and more powerful than exisitng P1 class 2-8-2’s they were used primarily for freight but also for heavy passenger trains just as were the P1’s.