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CP 8000 ON STONEY CREEK BRIDGE by Max Jacquiard
Date Listed 03-Apr-12
Price $950.00
Address 125 Shannon Estates Terrace, Calgary, AB T2Y 4C3, Canada
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CANVAS EDITION - 200 s/n. The CPR mainline climbs westwards out of the Beaver Valley along a wooded mountainside, then crosses under Rogers Pass via the five mile long Connaught tunnel through the base of Mount MacDonald. Nearing the top of the 2.4% grade is a massive steel arch bridge across a 325 ft. deep scar in the mountainside. Stoney Creek bridge, visible in spots from the highway below, was built in 1893, replacing the original timber structure, and reinforced with additional steel arches in 1929 to handle heavier trains. In this scene from the early 1930's, such a train is working up-grade behind Canadian Pacific's heaviest steam locomotive, T4a#8000. This experimental  engine, which utilized steam at extremely high pressures, operated on the Mountain Subdivision from 1931 to 1936. Although the design proved to be moderately successful, its complexity made it difficult to maintain, and it was withdrawn from service and eventually scrapped in 1940.

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