CLASS: D4 to D10 Ten Wheeler Type 4-6-0.

If ever there was a typical Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive . . . this is it. Of the 3,257 owned and operated by the railway during its steam era between 1881 and 1960, 502 of them were the D 10-class TenWheeler-type with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.

These sturdy, reliable, and versatile locomotives, built between 1905 and 1913, formed the backbone of CPR's freight locomotive fleet. Even after the First World War, when larger locomotives arrived on the scene, the Dl0s were never relegated to secondary service. In fact, one of them, No. 962, was painted in the distinctive CPR tuscan red passenger livery and operated on the SicamousKelowna passenger run in British Columbia.

Doing yeoman's work, the D 10's versatility was welcome anywhere on the system - from an engine-house in Nova Scotia to a branch line on Vancouver Island. Fit for operating on the main line in either freight, passenger or mixed service, the D lOs were equally at home in yard, pusher or work service.

Most of these locomotives burned coal, but a small number - 28 - were converted to oil. Many in service on the Prairies carried two tenders to supply water in areas where there was a high alkali content that was detrimental to the engine's "plumbing."

Almost one-quarter (119) of the D 10 locomotives were built in the company's Angus Shops in Montreal. Another 265 by the Montreal Locomotive Works. Sixty-eight by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ont. And 50 in the United States = half by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in Scheriectady, N.Y., and half by the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works of Richmond, Virginia.

Some of these classic CPR workhorses remained in service until the final year of CPR steam operation in 1960. Seven of the 48 CPR steam locomotives preserved in museums and city parks across North America are D lOs. One of these, 1057, is still drawing. an appreciative clientele, along with CPR Standard-type 4-4-0 locomotive 136, at the South Simcoe Railway tourist train operation in Tottenham, Ont.

No. 1057 spent most of its life working out of MacTier, Ont., before being transferred to North Bay, Ont., afterthe Second World War. The trusty locomotive retired from Toronto's Lambton Yard, capping its 48-year CPR career on a triple-header steam excursion - along with No. 815, a fellow-D 10, and 77-year-old 4-4-0 locomotive 136 on the head end - from Toronto to Orangeville, Ont., and back, on May 1, 1960.

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