Reports by those on this excursion indicate that the 815 was worked hard.
From Ray Kennedy's article in his Old Time Trains website--
The time I saw a dead cpr D10 was the day after the famous triple header the
second D 10 was mid train rods of on a freight heading east on Agincourt
Hill. Years later I was told I don,t know f thats 100% fact or another
railfan fable thatthe brick arch had caved in after returning to John St from
the excursion so off to the scrap line and the blast furnace regards DAVID
HILL ps I guess the crew was not as worried about damaging the loco when its
headed for scrap
--- On Fri, 8/28/09, rlkennedy27 <r.l.kennedy@...> wrote:
From: rlkennedy27 <r.l.kennedy@...>
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Movement of steam engines
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received: Friday, August 28, 2009, 5:25 AM
First of all, Angus did not look after Western Lines power. Ogden and Weston
did. Angus did Eastern Lines steam engines. Second, engines were worked in
revenue service for two reasons. One, a dead engine with rods off was
restricted to low speed (25-30mph). Two, a dead engine isn't earning its
keep. Normally, only yard engines were moved dead engine. Dead engines were
often moved next to the van so they could be watched closely for signs of
trouble.
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "The Else Family" <madgelse@> wrote:
Greetings
When a steam engine was moved from Angus to service out west (like a
Selkirk or Hudson etc) did any work their way westward or were the side
rods removed and the engine pulled?
If they were pulled where in the train would the engine be placed.
thanks
David
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