The 2816 is a Hudson class (4-6-4 wheel arrangement) similar to BC Rail's Royal Hudson #2860 but the 2816 is older, is not streamlined, and is a coal-burner.
The 2816 was built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1930 and operated on Canadian Pacific mainline between Toronto and Quebec City until 1960. It was sold in 1964 to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania and recently repatriated to Canadian Pacific.
Not being operated for over 35 years, the locomotive required some running gear work before it could be moved. Its extensive rebuild at the BC Rail shops in North Vancouver has seen just about everything redone, and has converted the loco from coal to oil burning. |
