CP No. 2816 Empress leading an excursion on May 10, 2008
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Designer
Henry B. Bowen
Builder
Montreal Locomotive Works
Serial number
68535
Build date
December 1930
Rebuild date
1999–2001
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-6-4
• UIC
2′C2′
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.
75 in (1.9 m)
Wheelbase
80.52 ft (24.54 m)
• Engine
39.50 ft (12.04 m)
• Drivers
13.17 ft (4.01 m)
Length
91 ft 1 in (27.76 m)
Adhesive weight
194,000 lb (88 t)
Loco weight
351,200 lb (159.3 t)
Tender weight
291,000 lb (132 t)
Total weight
643,100 lb (291.7 t)
Fuel type
Coal (converted to burn oil during restoration)
Fuel capacity
17 short tons (15 t)
Water cap.
12,000 imp gal (55,000 L; 14,000 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
80.80 sq ft (7.507 m2)
Boiler pressure
275 psi (1.90 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox
352 sq ft (32.7 m2)
• Tubes
62 - 2.25 in (57 mm)
• Flues
171 - 35 in (890 mm)
• Tubes and flues
18.25 ft (5.56 m)
• Total surface
5,475 sq ft (508.6 m2)
Superheater:
• Heating area
1,640 sq ft (152 m2)
Cylinders
Two
Cylinder size
22 in × 30 in (559 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear
Walschaerts
Performance figures
Maximum speed
100 mph (160 km/h) (average)
Power output
4,700 hp (3,500 kW)
Tractive effort
45,254 lbf (201.30 kN)
Career
Operators
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Class
H1b
Numbers
CP 2816
Official name
Empress
Retired
May 26, 1960
Preserved
January 1964
Restored
August 16, 2001
Current owner
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Disposition
Operational
References:[1][2]
Canadian Pacific 2816, also known as the "Empress", is a preserved class "H1b" 4-6-4 Hudson-type steam locomotive built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in December 1930 for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). It is the only non-streamlined H1 Hudson to be preserved.
The locomotive was primarily used in pulling passenger trains in revenue service for thirty years, before it was retired in May 1960. In 1963, it was sold to F. Nelson Blount, who added it to his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection in Bellows Falls, Vermont. After becoming surplus in the collection by the National Park Service, No. 2816 was reacquired by the CP in 1998, and crews from BC Rail were hired to extensively restore it to operating condition.
In 2001, the Empress returned to service, and it was used by the CP in occasional excursion service as part of their steam excursion program. In late 2012, the CP steam program was discontinued, and No. 2816 remained stored at the CP's headquarters in Calgary, Alberta. Following the CP's merger with the Kansas City Southern (KCS) to become the new Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in 2023, No. 2816 returned to service again in the spring of 2024, embarking on a continental tour.
^"Pride of the fleet once again". Trains. Vol. 62, no. 2. Kalmbach Publishing. February 2002. p. 54. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
^"Canadian Pacific Railway No. 2816". National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
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