08-13-2010, 11:14 AM
Hello Everyone---as the saying goes:"beauty is in the eye of the beholder".After taking a second look at #47 from different angles,I guess I have to admit she is kinda cute afterall---it's like looking at a woman,she definetly has some features that stand out (no pun intended :oops: )
I did a bit of research on these unique locomotives.Built in 1914 by the Montreal Locomotive Works,the X-10-A Suburbans had 63 inch drivers and 32,000 lbs. of tractive effort making them ideally suited for speed and pulling power---just what was needed for commuter service in the Montreal to Vaudreuil district.There were 6 locomotives in this class,numbered 45 through 50---actually 3 of these locomotives have been preserved.
Locomotive #48 was transferred to London Ontario in 1956 and was a common fixture on the London to Sarnia passenger train #620-621 until her retirement in 1958.
I don't think there are any models of this very interesting locomotive---maybe if I put my CNR Hudson #5702 in a vice and squeeze carefully,I may be able to get one of these engines for my collection
hock: 
I did a bit of research on these unique locomotives.Built in 1914 by the Montreal Locomotive Works,the X-10-A Suburbans had 63 inch drivers and 32,000 lbs. of tractive effort making them ideally suited for speed and pulling power---just what was needed for commuter service in the Montreal to Vaudreuil district.There were 6 locomotives in this class,numbered 45 through 50---actually 3 of these locomotives have been preserved.
Locomotive #48 was transferred to London Ontario in 1956 and was a common fixture on the London to Sarnia passenger train #620-621 until her retirement in 1958.
I don't think there are any models of this very interesting locomotive---maybe if I put my CNR Hudson #5702 in a vice and squeeze carefully,I may be able to get one of these engines for my collection
hock: