Heading up a freight consist is Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #2412. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in December of 1942, it was eventually sent to the scrapper's torch in April fo 1961. Original specs - G3a class, 200 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, 75" drivers, engine weight of 299,000 lb and tractive effort of 42,500 lb. This is a Wm E. Paul photo. |