Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-4 No. 2850
Saint-Constant, PQ, Canada 		Location: Canadian Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Oct 2, 2008 @ 21:10:22 by
Restoring 2850 has a whole list of benefits. It would bring good publicity to the museum. It would also bring in revenue, and having worked in a museum, i know that museums are always in need of extra funds.
Posted: Dec 27, 2007 @ 13:12:56 by jeff platt
It would be nice to see 2860 and 2850 run together on a special train across canada. This would show that travel is still there and more people would use the train. Remember, steam travel made the train feel alive. thanks, jeff
Posted: Jul 30, 2007 @ 09:07:23 by Michael D. Marquardt
2850 is the only CPR locomotive that hauled the 1939 Royal Train. In an unprecedented feat, the locomotive pulled the train the entire 3000 mile distance without a single malfunction, a distance never before-or since-traveled at one time by a single steam locomotive. CNR, on the return trip, ended up using several locomotives to pull the train. The King was sufficiently impressed by the semi-streamlined 4-6-4s by CPR and granted the company permission to use the 'Royal' designation. No other locomotive outside of the United Kingdom has been given this title. While 2850 is only preserved as a display locomotive, 2860, another CPR 'Royal' Hudson is currently preserved in Operational status in Squamish, B.C.
Posted: Dec 24, 2005 @ 21:12:20 by George S.
The "Alco-Montreal Construction Number List" indicates that Construction Numbers 69100 through 69109, Road Numbers 2850 through 2859, were shipped to "Canadian Pacific" during August of 1938. All of the units were 4-6-4's and had a "Specified" total weight of 354,000 pounds. (This is not necessarily the "Actual" total weight)
Posted: Aug 27, 2004 @ 23:08:41 by F. Lafleur

La locomotive numéro 2850 (première a porter le nom "Royal Hudson") a été classer "Monument historique" par le gouvernement du Canada.

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the "royal hudson" number 2850 was classified historic building by the Canadian government

Posted: Feb 2, 2004 @ 19:02:37 by craig
The 2850 pulled the Royal Blue Train which carried King George 6 and Queen Elizabeth for a 3000 mile run from Quebic to Britsh Columbia in 1939.
Posted: Dec 2, 2003 @ 16:12:12 by Tyler
Many of these engines could be found pulling heavy passenger trains around the shores of Lake Superior in the late 30's, 40's.
Posted: Oct 14, 2002 @ 21:10:25 by Rob Sterne

One of the engines that pulled the 1939 Royal Train.