Canadian Pacific Railway Selkirk '5900': The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History

Canadian Pacific Railway Selkirk '5900'

Description

Media Type:: Image
Item Type:: Photographs
Description:: The Canadian Pacific Railway used a variety of locomotives to lead its trains from coast to coast in Canada. These were built to handle rugged terrain of western Canada. The 'Selkirks' were designed to maintain smooth flow of mainline Canadian Pacific traffic through treacherous winding curves and heavy grades of the Canadian Rockies. They were built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in Montreal, Quebec.
Subject(s):: Railroad locomotives
Transportation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Local identifier:: OPM: 994.2.1G
Language Of Item:: English
Geographic Coverage:: Canada - Ontario - Thunder Bay

Latitude: 48.4001
Longitude: -89.31683
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