Canadian Pacific 2839

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Canadian Pacific 2839

| bgcolor = 782730

| color = CFB53B

| image = File:1937 Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson Locomotive.jpeg

| caption = No. 2839 on display at Sylmar, California, in April 2009

| powertype = Steam

| builder = Montreal Locomotive Works

| ordernumber =

| serialnumber = 68952

| builddate = 1937

| totalproduction =

| whytetype = 4-6-4

| uicclass = 2′C2′ h2

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}}

| driverdiameter = {{convert|75|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weightondrivers = {{convert|186800|lb|t|abbr=on}}

| locoweight = {{convert|354000|lb|t|abbr=on}}

| boilerpressure = {{convert|275|lbf/in2|MPa|abbr=on}}

| cylindercount = Two, outside

| cylindersize = {{convert|22|×|30|in|abbr=on}}

| tractiveeffort = Loco: {{convert|45254|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on}},
Booster {{convert|12000|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on}},
Loco W/ Booster: {{convert|57254|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on}}

| operator = Canadian Pacific Railway
Southern Railway
Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad

| operatorclass = H1c

| fleetnumbers = CP 2839
SOU 2839
AC 2839

| nicknames = Beer Can

| locale =

| retiredate = 1959 (Revenue Service)
1985 (Excursion service)

| restoredate = 1979

| preservedunits =

| disposition = Static display, based in Sylmar, California

}}

Canadian Pacific 2839, nicknamed Beer Can, is a class H1c 4-6-4 Royal Hudson built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1937 and was retired in 1959. It was restored to operating condition in 1979 by the Southern Railway for their steam excursion program and was sold to the Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad before it was retired again in 1985. It is now on static display in Sylmar, California.{{Harvp|Boyd|2014|p=127}}

History

=Revenue service (1937–1959)=

Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1937, 2839 was one of the brand new H1c/d Royal Hudson locomotives built for the Canadian Pacific Railway and their mainline passenger trains. 2839 had a mostly uneventful career, pulling these trains all across CP's network, with the exception of the line from Montreal to Saint John, New Brunswick, due to low bridges. It was retired in 1959.

= Excursion service (1979–1985) =

After the work had been restored into operating condition, Canadian Pacific 2839 was re-lettered to Southern 2839 and did the royal farewell{{Clarify|date=February 2025}} between 1970 and 1980 and was nicknamed beer can for its excursion runs. The locomotive appears in the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter. dressed as Southern 2839{{Cite web |title=Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/ |website=IMDb}}{{Cite news |last=Neufeld |first=Rob |title=Portrait of the Past: Royal Hudson No. 2839 |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2019/09/18/portrait-past-royal-hudson-no-2839/2281245001/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Asheville Citizen Times |language=en-US}} The engine was sold to the Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad for the final run of the day.{{Clarify|date=February 2025}}

= Second retirement (1985–present) =

The locomotive was shipped on a flatbed from Pennsylvania to the Nethercutt Collection.{{Cite web |title=Viewing Album: Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 2839 in Pennsylvania - Railroad Picture Archives.Net |url=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=057857}} It was cosmetically restored and put on outdoor display in Sylmar, California, with a Pullman car.{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2016 |title=Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 2839/Sou Rwy Steam Program of 1960/70's |url=https://cs.trains.com |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=Trains.}}

Appearances in media

The locomotive appears in the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter dressed as Southern 2839 on the Academy Award-winning movie.