I remember this massive locomotive. We were staying at Grandmother Larson's farm and saw it at the local station in Golden, BC. I found the photo in our collection of albums and wrote to an expert for more information. See below.
Hello Jock,
It would have been quite an experience to see one of these locomotives when they were still in regular service.
It is a T1 Class - also known as a Selkirk. The 5926 was built in November
1938 by Montreal Locomotive Works. It had 63 inch driving wheels. It was taken out of service and scrapped in August 1957.
The last engine of this class was built in March 1949 and it had only a ten year period in service - as you know this was quite short for steam locomotives. This class was designed for mountain service and they were 'bumped' to use on the prairies early in the CPR's dieselization process of the 1950s.
This information comes from Omer Lavallee's book about CPR Steam Locomotives.
I hope this information is helpful.
Sincerely,
David Gagnon, Kingston ON
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