----- Original Message -----
From: "dave hill" <techill@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Re: Canadian Railways Observations
I have been following the disscussion regarding the SELKIRK locomotives .
the 8000 and the T1a,s were not named until a employee naming the class
contest came when the T1B,s were introduced . By that time 8000 was back in
Montreal awaiting scrapping . Now why not a big Mallet. One good reason the
spiral tunnels a big problem with a wide swinging mallet. Selkirks were not
that technically diferent that a 2-10-2 so not that different for the shop
crews . Boden had had his try at different engineering with the 8000. If he
had tried a Mallet type and it was a flop too, his career would be short
lived . Now interesting after WW2 he did have drawings for a 4-4-4-4 Like
pensys last steam effort . These engines would have replaced 3100 and 3101
but the diesels came and imagine a 4-4-4-4 with t1c styling cool eh!! 75 or
80 ins drivers would have been a dream machine . The main line between
Calgary and Revelstoke is the most photogenic main line crossing the rockies
but one tough railroad to run on . Lets face it RA BODENS dream machine
lasted but less than four years after his departure . But thats CcPR history
the way it was regards DAVID HILL
----- Original Message ----- From: "b4cprail" <rr_auer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:15 PM
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Canadian Railways Observations
While I commend the enthusiasm for CRO, and I've saved
the last couple of years, I'm not fully comfortable with
the data they provide. My primary resource for locomotive
data and a whole lot else remains "Branchline" magazine
and the "Canadian Trackside Guide". In the context of CPR
information, if one uses the aforementioned and Wilco's
CPR website and this list, the CPR enthusiast has a wealth
of information available.
Rainer Auer
Saskatoon, SK
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Leonard Stern" <printmore1@...> wrote:
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ed652gray@ wrote:
> Thanks for posting this to the group...Will Baird has done an
excellent
> job with his website.
REPLY: To List: I have subscribed to the CRO list for some years now and
I would recommend it especially to the Canadian model railroder.
Regards. Leonard Stern, Home of the Montreal Belt Line (CN/CP MTL) 1946
all steam and sound.
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