Bulleid 'Canadian Pacific' 1942

Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 Pacific. First Series, 35005 'Canadian Pacific'

Designed by Oliver Bulleid, the Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Southern Railway, ‘Canadian Pacific’, originally numbered 21C5, emerged from the Eastleigh shed and entered traffic in January 1942 in the Southern Railway’s Malachite green, however at the time it was named in March of that year the locomotive was repainted in wartime black. ‘Canadian Pacific’ remained in this livery with the original ‘widow’s peak’ design at the front of the ‘air smoothed’ casing until 1944 when the hood and flared smoke deflectors were added. The first series also had a unique cab design with the bottom of the cab curving forward and a recessed cab window. Second series engines had a simpler design and third series engines had yet another design: the vee-fronted cab which aided visibility and smoke clearance. This was eventually rolled out to all the locomotives in the class.

Attached to the 5,000 gallon tender, number: 3115, the tender also went through various modifications after the initial build was complete. British Railways would make the decision to rebuild the Merchant Navy class in the late 1950’s. 35005 was rebuilt in May 1959 and withdrawn from service in October 1965 but was fortunately saved from the scrapyard and is now preserved by the Mid-Hants Railway preservation Society.

Posters printed on 200gsm satin stock. Available in 3 sizes.

Every attempt is made to ensure the featured locomotive is accurate given the available references. Colours on the prints may look slightly different to their screen representations.