I drive by that Selkirk in front of heritage park occasionally, lived in the Calgary area my whole life. She's in rough shape, paint is flaky and it's showing rust, but at least it still exists. I am glad for that. Thanks for the video, they've always been fascinating locomotives.
I go visit the Selkitk in Delson/St-constan QC just about on a yearly basis. The museum it's displayed at, Exporail, is a must for any Railfan visiting Montreal. They have a MASSIVE collection with many steam locomotives of almost every class in canada used represented. The Selkirk their is one heck of behemoth and is in pretty good condition though I do beleive she is next to be taken into the restoration shops for some fresh paint, which she is due for. Great video!
I really don't know of a bad 2-10-4. They seemed to work well for the railroads that had them. The only time ten coupled engines had trouble was usually poor ballancing of drivers. With dynamic ballancing being fitted to most engines in the 30s this problem was pretty much resolved. Another great video, thanks much!
I have seen the one in Calgary numerous times, though it has been a few years now. Would have loved to have seen one in actual operation. I was in Delson in October to finally visit the museum there, but did not see the Selkirk at that time. Perhaps it was being refurbished at that time for display again. Always like the look of these locos with the rock plow on the front. Made them look even more imposing.
Was thinking the same, adding a meagre 1200 lbf tractive effort to this beast would make no sense when outset to the cost of installing and maintaining the booster engine.
@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower Also at 1:26 you've got one of the 4-4-4 semi streamlined F2a "Jubliee" locos, which shared the same styling. Not that it matters much.
I wonder if its possible for a video on a Canadian Pacific D4g its a 4-6-0 locomotive and i think its sort of obscure however to my knowledge only 2 survive
