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Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1937· class of 45 semi-streamlined 4-6-4 locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Royal Hudson 2860 train: Slammer111· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. C.P.R. Steam, Pass. Eng. -2820 -Class H1C, Hudson-, Montreal, 24 March 1960: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Canadian Pacific Railway 2850: Fraccle· CC BY 3.0
- 4. 1937 Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson Locomotive: Konrad Summers from Santa Clarita (Valencia) , California, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 1937 Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson Locomotive -2839 - Nethercutt Collection - Los Angeles, CA - DSC02545: Daderot· CC0
what is it?
The Canadian Pacific Railway H1c, d, and e "Royal Hudson" class locomotives were a class of 45 semi-streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives formerly owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). The engines were built between 1937 and 1940. In 1939, King George VI allowed the CPR to use the term after No.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 27 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 23 years (1937–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937–1940
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- weight
- 161 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7374314, Wikipedia: Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.