Thanks to all who have answered my inquiry so very well, it is very much
appreciated.
Keith
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From: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
grandcs@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:43 PM
To: cprsig
Subject: RE: [cpsig] CPR passenger service to Seattle
According to Lavallee, these two were built in the summer of 1914, just
before the shot heard around the world. More new locos weren't ordered until
after the war, so there was no development to this class. The need to haul
steel cars was satisfied by Pacifics and Hudsons. I'm paraphrasing here for
the full story see CP Steam Locomotives pgs 135-137. It also sounds like
Vaughn would have gone on to further development if not for infighting with
George Bury. Things like superheating were increasing the efficiency of
locos at that time also. There's also the line that CP had better trackwork
than the polygot lines that went into CN so they could put more weight on
the drivers so they went for more six coupled locos rather than CNRs light
4-8-2s and 4-8-4s.
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cpsig%40yahoogroups.com>
From: jpinchbeck@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jpinchbeck%40rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:40:42 -0500
Subject: RE: [cpsig] CPR passenger service to Seattle
1940,s Now maybe one of the cp sig steam grurs knows why they were scrapped
early?? Van Hobbies did a model of them but they don,t fit in my1950,s time
There were 95 G3's delivered between 1942 and 1945. I think there wouldn't
be any justifiable reason the pair of oddballs around.
Jeff
