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Canadian Pacific Selkirk
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1929· series of Locomotive Canadian Pacific Railway
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Canadian Pacific Selkirk class 5927 takes on oil at the South Edmonton shops: gordon hunter· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Canadian Pacific Railway T1c: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 3. C.P.R. Steam, Pass. Eng. -5920 -Class T1B, Selkirk- Royal -train-, Glacier, October 1951: Canadian Pacific Railway· Public domain
- 4. Canada Rail 021 Revelstoke 2: Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Selkirk locomotives are steam locomotives of the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement built between 1929 and 1949 for Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal Locomotive Works in Quebec, Canada. Originally numbering 36, the locomotives were retired by 1959, and only two are preserved, both non-operational.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Weighs about as much as 34 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 30 years (1929–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1949
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1959
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- weight
- 206 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2268389, Wikipedia: Canadian Pacific Selkirk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.