Locomotive model

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OBJECT TYPE: WORKING/STEAM/2-8-0
DATE: 1984
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0102.001

MANUFACTURER: HEWITSON, JACK
MODEL: CP 402
LOCATION: Verdun, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE MINOR SYNTHETIC FITTINGS [IE. CAB WINDOWS, HEADLAMP COVER].

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 74.0 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 30.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Models
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HEWITSON
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Verdun

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS MODEL PROBABLY DISPLAYED, AND SELDOM OPERATED UNDER STEAM 1984-1992.
Canada: MODEL BUILT BY JACK HEWITSON, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MODEL BUILDERS IN CANADA, AND A FORMER ASSISTANT ENGINEER AT THE CPR. HE PRODUCED OVER 35 MODELS IN VARIOUS SCALES BETWEEN 1935 AND 1992, AND HIS WORK IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DUE TO THEIR HIGH QUALITY. (REF. 1)
Function: TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE AN OBJECT IN MINIATURE FORM, FOR DISPLAY OR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES. SPECIFICALLY, THIS MODEL BUILT TO REPRESENT PROTOTYPE 2-8-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CP 402.
Technical: 3/4-INCH SCALE MODELBASED ON PROTOTYPE 2-8-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTED BY CPR'S DELORMIER SHOPS (MONTREAL) IN 1886. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF CONSOLIDATION-TYPE ENGINES USED IN CANADA, THIS TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE WAS THE 2ND MOST PREVALANT TYPE OF ENGINE USED BY RAILWAYS ACCROSS CANADA. THE ENGINE WAS TYPICALLY ASSIGNED TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL POWER TO MOVE TRAINS THROUGH THE CDN ROCKIES. (REF.1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Small metal plates fixed to both sides of locomotive, below stack, reads: "HEWITSON/ ENGINE WORKS/ NO. 29-1983". Face of small gauge inside cab reads "[scale 0-100, in increments of 25]/ LB. PER SQ. IN./ STUART".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: PREDOMINANTLY BLACK; SOME SILVER METAL & BRONZE-COLOUR FITTINGS
Decoration: N/A

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HEWITSON, JACK, Locomotive model, 1984, Artifact no. 2001.0102, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0102.001/

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