I see this Selkirk CP 5931 every day on my drive. A fine machine that should receive further care. Thank you for this video.

I drive by that Selkirk in front of heritage park occasionally, lived in the Calgary area my whole life. She's in rough shape, paint is flaky and it's showing rust, but at least it still exists. I am glad for that. Thanks for the video, they've always been fascinating locomotives.

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Very cool!

Thanks. Would love to see one do the spiral tunnels above Field.

A beautiful locomotive with or without the streamlining.

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Agreed

Canada should have built the 4-24-24-24-24-24-4 Articulated Steam Locomotives of all times.

Bet that was something to see a Selkirk w/snowplow slogging thru deep snow in the Mountains! Just a beast of a locomotive!

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

I think it's something to see regardless of timeframe.. :)

What a beauty! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

I go visit the Selkitk in Delson/St-constan QC just about on a yearly basis. The museum it's displayed at, Exporail, is a must for any Railfan visiting Montreal. They have a MASSIVE collection with many steam locomotives of almost every class in canada used represented. The Selkirk their is one heck of behemoth and is in pretty good condition though I do beleive she is next to be taken into the restoration shops for some fresh paint, which she is due for. Great video!

As a Canadian Pacific fan thanks for this video. The Selkirk is my favorite CP steam engine. Good that 2 engines of this type are in preservation !

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I really don't know of a bad 2-10-4. They seemed to work well for the railroads that had them. The only time ten coupled engines had trouble was usually poor ballancing of drivers. With dynamic ballancing being fitted to most engines in the 30s this problem was pretty much resolved. Another great video, thanks much!

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Some were a bit rougher than others.. But I am otherwise with you

I have seen the one in Calgary numerous times, though it has been a few years now. Would have loved to have seen one in actual operation. I was in Delson in October to finally visit the museum there, but did not see the Selkirk at that time. Perhaps it was being refurbished at that time for display again. Always like the look of these locos with the rock plow on the front. Made them look even more imposing.

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I recommend changing the thumbnail. That’s a royal hudson

absolute unit

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Pretty sharp looking

It was an interesting video indeed. I am curious about your sources for information

At 7:00 you mention the booster adding 1,200 LBS of TE I think you meant to say 12,000 LBS of TE

@Tom-Lahaye

4 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same, adding a meagre 1200 lbf tractive effort to this beast would make no sense when outset to the cost of installing and maintaining the booster engine.

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

indeed 12k

I wonder if its possible for a video on a Canadian Pacific D4g its a 4-6-0 locomotive and i think its sort of obscure however to my knowledge only 2 survive

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

We'll get there

The correct name of the CPR is Canadian Pacific RailWAY, not Canadian Pacific RailROAD.

you should do a video on the CNR N2-4 class northerns next! p.s. the thumbnail has a royal hudson not a selkirk

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I srewed up and grabbed the wrong photo

@doge_sevens

4 ай бұрын

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower lmao that's fair, the selkirk is just a royal hudson if it took steroids

AD60 Garrats from the NSWGR in Australia were 100,000lbs heavier than the Selkirks.

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Canada was particularly not interested in articulated locomotives. U.S. Monsters or the Garratt.

Why is the lead pic a 4-6-4 Hudson?

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

Because I grabbed the wrong photo... I didnt even notice

@jonathanj8303

4 ай бұрын

​@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower Also at 1:26 you've got one of the 4-4-4 semi streamlined F2a "Jubliee" locos, which shared the same styling. Not that it matters much.

I love the pacific on the thumbnail of a video about selkirks

@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower

4 ай бұрын

I've already said that I used the wrong photo

@backonpro5679

2 ай бұрын

@@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPowerjust change the thumbnail