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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tatans</i> <br /><br />Sask. so thats where C.P.R. 4-8-4 3101 is located eh? seems a little too close to a smelting plant for Canada's best looking steam locomotive (it's not that dinky royal hudson thing) Is this loco being preserved or looked after and why is it in a scrapyard? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Don't worry, it is very safe from being melted down. It is displayed with a heavyweight passenger car and a wooden caboose behind a fence (see picture). There is a plaque in front of it that gives the full history of the engine. Every year at Christmas, they decorate it with lights. Back when the plant first opened in the late 50's, they melted down many steam locomotives, so I imagine that they decided to save this one (a shame they didn't save more). Believe it or not, IPSCO has a sort of family fun park with waterslides right beside their smelting plant (no, I'm not making this up). The parking lot for it is near the 3101. They also have a herd of tame elk that are kept in a fenced-in field just behind the 3101. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by countershot</i> <br />oh man I love that locomotive #3101 one of 2 in all of the CP. do they model that in HO or do they model at all. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I definetly agree with you both that the 3101 is one of the most beautiful engines I've seen! I think it would be a great candidate for being restored for excursion service. <br /> <br />As for models in HO, I did once see a Bachmann model on ebay, but it could hardly be considered prototypical. It was one of their Santa Fe northerns with a maroon CP tender and the number 3101 on the cab and it didn't look anything like the real thing. It would be nice to have a correct model. I'd buy one.
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