Invention and Engineering

Canadian Pacific 972

Canadian Pacific 972 is a preserved D-10j class 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" type steam locomotive built in September 1912 by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). It was used for pulling branchline and mainline freight trains for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), until it was removed from service in 1959. It eventually became famous for pulling multiple mainline excursion trains throughout the state of Pennsylvania under the ownership of George Hart. It was sold to the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) in 1995, who had an initial plan to rebuild it to pull their own tourist trains. As of 2026, No. 972 is stored outdoors and disassembled in the Strasburg Rail Road's yard.

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See also

• ▸Canadian Pacific 283
• ▸CAESAR (spacecraft)
• ▸Blackford County, Indiana

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