| Beautiful, semi-streamlined and powerful are the adjectives for the Montreal Locomotive Works 2-10-4 Selkirk steam locomotive (known in US as Texas type loco). Montreal Locomotive Works built 36 Selkirks between 1929 and 1949. Perhaps the most uniquely Canadian steam locomotive, they featured many design features and modifications that allowed them to excel in their environment.After nearly 10 years of faithful service, this sweet loco met with the scrapper's torch in August of 1959. Specs - serial # 76225, T1c class, 63" drivers, 285 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders, engine weight of 449,000 lb, tractive effort of 78,000 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo |