CALGARY — Canadian Pacific No. 2816 has now been run for about 700 miles since returning to operation, CPKC’s Jonathan J. Morris, manager, operating practices-steam, says in a post on the locomotive’s Facebook page, and is “running like the wind.”
The locomotive was returned to steam June 18 and made its first short run June 29, beginning preparations for the planned trip next year to celebrate the first anniversary of the CPKC merger [see “CP 4-6-4 No. 2816 to embark on Canada-U.S.-Mexico tour …” Trains News Wire, July 18, 2023].
The 1930 product of the Montreal Locomotive Works has traveled as far afield as Lethbridge, Alberta, about 115 miles south of Calgary, and has operated up to 250 miles in a day, that occurring on Monday, Aug. 7. Doyle McCormack and Bill Stetler, who rebuilt the locomotive’s boiler and were otherwise involved in its original restoration completed in 2001, were on hand for the recent test runs, Morris said
And, what a good looking engine it is .
The continued use of the heritage steam railways is a unique railfan and tourist attraction. May it always last!
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
Of the five surviving Canadian Pacific Hudsons out of the original 65 built between 1929 and 1940, No. 2816 is the only survivor of the non-streamlined H1a and H1b classes built in 1929 and 1930 numbered 2800–2819. The four other remaining sister engines to 2816 are the semi-streamlined Royal Hudsons numbered 2820–2864. The remaining four Royal Hudsons are Nos. 2839 (H1c), 2850 and 2858 (both H1d) and the 2860 (H1e). Currently, Nos. 2816 and 2860 are the only two operating 4-6-4 Hudsons in North America; no American 4-6-4 Hudsons are operational.
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
Live Steam moves one’s soul. So happy to see this.