The resurrected CPR Empress locomotive 2816 re-entered active service in 2001 as a roving ambassador for Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR Empress is now a significant component of the company's program. CPR's 2816 is a class H1b Hudson-type locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930. CPR Empress is now the only surviving H1b Hudson and is one of only a handful of preserved and operating CPR steam locomotives in North America.
Initially the locomotive ran westward out of Winnipeg to Calgary and eastward to Fort William, Ontario (now part of Thunder Bay). Locomotive 2816 then moved into service on the Windsor-to-Quebec City corridor. Its last assignment was at the front of a Montreal-Rigaud commuter train, making its final revenue run on May 26, 1960. Having logged more than two million miles in active service, 2816's fires were extinguished. After a complete three-year rebuild, 2816 is restored to the original specifications with external details from the 1930/40s.
Named after the Hudson River, the Canadian Pacific Hudson-type locomotives were first built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1929. They came with larger fire boxes than earlier locomotives and produced more steam at higher pressure than their predecessors. The 2816 worked with the top passenger trains of the 1930s between Winnipeg and Calgary. It was built as a high-powered, fast passenger locomotive. According to CPR steam table calculations, the 2816 was good for 4,700 horsepower at 55 miles per hour. The 2816 regularly operated at speeds in excess of 70 miles an hour. Today about 75 miles an hour is as fast as anything will go for CPR. The 2816 is from a group of Hudsons (2800 to 2819) that came into service in 1929 and 1930. It is the only survivor of the original 20.
This train set for MSTS was modeled by John Fowlis, and is part of his "CP Heritage Steam Pack", available at: http://members.shaw.ca/cp_steam/cphs.htm.
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All proceeds from this pack go directly to Canadian steam locomotive restoration projects. This model includes custom sounds recorded from 2816, as well as a correct and detailed cab, again modeled directly from 2816. The train set includes auxiliary tender 35508, Tool Car 29114,.and Power Car 96. This is a self installing package.
Thanks to John Fowlis for his excellent model, Rick Grout for his work on the cabs, Bill Stetler of Canadian Pacific Railway for his patience and infinite knowledge of 2816.
Questions/comments regarding these files and their use in Microsoft Train Simulator may be addressed to james_phipps@cpr.ca
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