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 The Rapido 4-6-0 Canadian Pacific Steam Engines are in. We have a few more expected next week. If you want a great steam engine in CPR have a look.

 

The 2 engines local customers ordered the most of was 224-602501 which was used on Vancouver Island and 224-602510 which was the Canadian Pacific Passenger version.

 

CP - Used on Vancouver Island

 

 

 

CPR - Passenger Version

 

Did you know? These locomotives were seen in Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island?

Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway

The following sixteen oil fired D10g-class engines were leased or assigned to CPR subsidiary Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island from 1940 to 1949: 870, 901, 906 to 911, 914, 915, 918, 920, 922, 923, 925 and 926. They retained their CP lettering and road numbers while on the E&N.

 

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Assignments

 

Due to their adaptability in lighter assignments, D10s could be found in passenger, freight, mixed, work and yard service in virtually every terminal between Nova Scotia and British Columbia. D10s were widely assignment over the CPR system. On January 1, 1950 the 187 D10g and D10h engines in service were assigned as follows:

• British Columbia District - 15 units
• Alberta District - 17 units
• Saskatchewan District - 32 units
• Manitoba District - 22 units
• Algoma District - 7 units
• Ontario District - 30 units
• Quebec District - 32 units
• New Brunswick District - 16 units
• Dominion Atlantic - 9 units
• Quebec Central - 7 units

 

In 1951, 79 D10s were assigned to the following 13 terminals and division points in Saskatchewan:

• Saskatoon - 15 units
• Moose Jaw - 8 units
• Regina - 7 units
• Assiniboia - 6 units
• Broadview - 3 units
• Estevan - 4 units
• Kerrobert - 8 units
• Outlook - 2 units
• Prince Albert - 4 units
• Swift Current - 2 units
• Weyburn - 12 units
• Wilkie - 6 units
• Wynyard - 2 units

 

Often those assigned to the prairie region pulled an additional tender to boost water capacity on runs through alkali water areas. Similarly, in 1952, 38 D10s were assigned to the following eight terminals and division points in Alberta:

• Calgary - 6 units
• Lethbridge - 13 units
• Medicine Hat - 3 units
• South Edmonton - 4 units
• Empress - 1 unit
• Hardisty - 3 units
• Red Deer - 7 units
• Wetaskiwin - 1 unit

 

Some specific assignments in British Columbia were:

• D10g-class nos. 911 and 936 handled trains between Nelson and Midway BC in 1921-22.
• D10g-class no. 909 handled trains between Nelson and Trail from 1936 to 1940
• D10g-class nos. 954 and 955 handled the trains between Rossland and Midway BC
• No. 954 handled trains between Trail and Nelson from 1936 until 1949.

 

 

Dominion & Atlantic Railway

Starting in 1937 the CPR loaned, leased or sold the following D10s to CPRs subsidiary in Nova Scotia, the Dominion Atlantic Railway: 903, 929, 999, 1015, 1018, 1020, 1027, 1038, 1040, 1041, 1046, 1050, 1067, 1077, 1079, 1089, 1090, 1092, 1101 and 1111. Four were named: no. 999 ‘Fronsac’, 1018 ‘Dermonts’, 1041 ‘Membertou’ and 1090 ‘Derazilly’. Most retained their CP lettering but several including nos. 1046 and 999 had their tender sides relettered with the distinctive DAR ‘Land of Evangeline Route’ logo.

 

Montreal & Atlantic Railway

From 1913 to 1931 CPR transferred three D10s – 868, 869 and 87 – to CPRs subsidiary Montreal & Atlantic Railway. The three were re-lettered for the M&A but retained their CPR road numbers.

 

Quebec Central Railway

CPR sold or leased the following D10g-class engines to CPR subsidiary Quebec Central Railway: 878, 940, 811, 844, 856, 866, 871, 873, 893, 948. Some were re-lettered with QUEBEC CENTRAL adorning the sides of the tender in place of the traditional CPR lettering.

 

Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway

The following sixteen oil fired D10g-class engines were leased or assigned to CPR subsidiary Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island from 1940 to 1949: 870, 901, 906 to 911, 914, 915, 918, 920, 922, 923, 925 and 926. They retained their CP lettering and road numbers while on the E&N.

 

Livery

The engine and tender were painted black overall. Cab interiors were finished in green with window sashes originally stained mahogany and varnished. After 1937 the sashes were painted Tuscan Red. Initially the D10s were delivered with their road number in large numerals centered on the tender sides. The cab sides were lettered with C.P.R. followed by the road number. The distinctive style of the letters and numbers was designed by George Bury, then vice-president of western lines.

After 1928, D10s started to be repainted with CANADIAN PACIFIC in 10” roman letters centered horizontally and vertically on the tender sides. The locomotive road number appeared in twelve-inch numerals of corresponding style on the cab sides. Letters and numerals were painted in the standard “imitation gold” colour. Some D10s assigned to passenger service – such as no. 909 between Trail and Nelson, BC – had tenders which featured black panels framed with imitation gold ¾-inch wide striping around the standard CANADIAN PACIFIC lettering on the tender sides. They also featured white rimmed wheels (aka “white walls”) on the driving wheels and the those on the lead truck. D10s assigned to western lines also commonly had their smoke boxes painted graphite gray instead of the standard black.

It's September 3, 1959 and CPR D10j 972 is seen in front of a pair of grain elevators at Chaplin, Saskatchewan. James Walder photo, John Riddell collection.

 

A single D10j, no. 962, carried CPR Tuscan red panels outlined in gold striping on its tender sides and below its cab windows, with a graphite coloured smoke box. It was assigned to the Sicamous-Kelowna (B.C.) mixed trains for many years.

 

Disposition

Most D10s were retired and scrapped during the late 1950s as CP acquired new diesels. Some sixty-one D10s were scrapped in the early 1960s. Of the 502 CPR class D10s built, seven are preserved today as follows:

• D10g-class 894 at the Waterloo Regional Museum, Kitchener, ON
• D10g-class 926 at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, ON
• D10j-class 972 at the Strasburg Rail Road at Strasburg, PA
• D10h-class 999 at the Canadian Railway Museum, Saint-Constant, QC
• D10h-class 1057 at the South Simcoe Railway, Tottenham, ON
• D10h-class 1095 in the Waterfront Park in Kingston, ON
• D10h-class 1098 at Rail Tours Inc. at Jim Thorpe, PA

 

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Following the success of the inaugural Icons of Canadian Steam release, the CPR Royal Hudson, Rapido Trains is pleased to announce the next locomotive in the series, the CPR D10-class Ten Wheeler in HO scale. The D10-class Ten Wheeler was the most numerous class of steam locomotive not only for the CPR but in Canada. Five hundred and two of these useful 4-6-0s were built between 1905 and 1913, and many lasted until the end of CP steam service in 1961. D10s were employed in freight and passenger work across Canada and into the United States on CP’s many lines. There is truly no more useful locomotive for any steam era CPR layout than the D10.

 

 

Of course, like any steam engine, the D10s appearance changed over the years with variations in headlights, fuel type, walkways and more becoming apparent across each of the classes.

 

 

Rapido’s D10 will feature many optional details to accurately portray D10s in several configurations and sub-classes, including:

• Coal or Oil tenders

• Raised or straight walkways

• Centered or smokebox-top mounted headlights

• Straight or angled front number boards

• Two styles of power reversers

• Straight or angled cylinder steam pipes

• Two different bell locations

 

 

 

The Rapido HO Scale CPR D10 will come available in four paint schemes, as well as one exclusive paint scheme and two painted/unlettered variations:

• Canadian Pacific

• Canadian Pacific (Passenger)

• Dominion Atlantic

• Quebec Central

• Credit Valley (Exclusive)

 

 

Order Due Date: November 15, 2021

Anticipated Delivery Date: February 2022

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