SUB CLASS	FINAL ROAD NUMBERS	PREVIOUS ROAD NUMBERS & INITIALS	BUILDER & DATE	Canadian Pacific Railway  TYPE 4 - 6 - 2 CLASS G - 5
G-5-a G-5-b G-5-c G-5-c G-5-d	1200-1201 1202-1231 1232-1251 1252-1271 1272-1301		CPR, 1944 MLW, 1945-4.6 MLW, 1946 CLC, 1946-47 CLC, 1948	






SUB CLASS	CYLINDERS		BOILER PRESS.	DRIVERS	VALVE GEAR	TRACTIVE EFFORT		HEATING SURFACE		WEIGHTS IN WORKING ORDER			TENDER CAPACITY	
	DIA.	STR.				ENGINE	BOOSTER	MAIN	SUPHTR.	ON-DRIVERS	TOTAL ENG.	TENDER	WATER	FUEL
														
G-5-a	20"	28"	250psi	70"	Walsch.	34,000	—	2576 sf	744 sf	152,000	232,500	185,000	8,000gal«	14 tons
G-5-b	20"	28"	250psi	70"	Walsch.	34,000	—	2576 sf	744 sf	151,000	229,500	191,000	8,000gals	14 tons
G-5-c	20"	28"	250psi	70"	Walsch.	34,000	—	2576 sf	744 sf	151,700	229,500	191,000	8,000gals	14 tons
G-5-d	20"	28"	250psi	70"	Walsch.	34,000	__	2576 sf	744 sf	152,500	234,000	188,000	8,000galJ	14 tons
														
														
NOTES:  1.	G-5-a class have Worthington feedwater heaters; G-5-b/c class have Elesco exhaust steam injectors; G-5-d class have Elesco feedwater heaters (vertical type).  2.	Engines 1216, 1231 equipped with all welded boilers.  3.	All engines equipped with HT1 stokers, Signal Foam Meters, Type A superheaters, front end multiple throttles, internal dry pipe.														


Photo Captions
Although they were among the last steam locomotives purchased by-Canadian Pacific, the 102 locomotives of class G-5 bore more than a passing resemblance to other CP 4-6-2's built as early as 1905. Combining the reliability of an old and proven design with the efficiency of latter day steam technology, the G-5's were instantly successful, and found wide favour over virtually all of the CP system — predominantly on secondary main and branch line services.

The first three G-5 subclasses were evenly split between Eastern and Western Lines. Nos. 1201, 1217-1231 and 1252-1271 ran in eastern Canada; the remainder went west. The entire G-5-d class was assigned to Western Lines.

Six of the G-51s are still extant. No. 1201 — the last steam locomotive built by Canadian Pacific — is preserved at the National Museum of Canada, at Ottawa. Nos. 1246, 1278 and 1293 form part of the Steamtown U.S.A. collection at North Walpole, N.H., while Nos. 1238 and 1286 are owned by the Red Clay Valley Equipment and Leasing Co., of Wilmington, Del. Several of the U.S. locomotives are operational.


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1.	CP 1201: Montreal (St. Luc), Que., December 30, 1959.

By James A. Brown

Note the Worthington feedwater heater protruding above the top of the smokebox.

2.	CP 1202: Carberry, Man., March 31, 1953.

By L.A. Stuckey; A. Paterson Collection

A right side detail view of the G-5-b class, similar in most respects to the G-5-a prototype. Note the graphite smokebox colour — a Western Lines characteristic.

3.	CP 1263: Cataract, Ont., April 18, 1953.

By Fred Sankoff; A. Paterson Collection

The G-5-c engines were identical to their G-5-b sisters with the exception of the coaming on the tender to the rear of the coal bunker, visible here. No. 1263 is wheeling train 705, southbound from Owen Sound to Toronto.

4.	CP 1284: Winnipeg, Man., August 15, 1949.

James A. Brown Collection

While basically similar to the earlier classes, the feedwater heaters of the G-5-d class gave these locomotives a distinctive appearance. The Elesco feedwater pump on the left side took some of the space normally used by the air receiver, requiring a second receiver to be placed on the pilot beam.
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