I am not a huge CP Collector but I did have a great grandfather who worked for CP out of their corporate offices in New York City in the late 20s and early 30s. As such, I felt obligated to have something CP on my layout from the time period. Somewhat surprisingly, at least to me, 90% of the O Scale CP Steam Locomotives out there are the Royal Hudsons. Although it is a great-looking engine I wanted something a little more plain, and cheaper. Luckily a friend was selling his first-run Lionel Legacy CP Ten-Wheeler and snatched it up. Here it is running around my layout:
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