Two years later, the locomotive was reacquired by the Canadian Pacific, who moved and cosmetically restored it for static display in front of their headquarters in Calgary, Alberta.
In 1883, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) began constructing their own steam locomotives in their own facilities in De Lorimier Avenue in Montreal, Quebec, and they discontinued that practice in 1907.
In the turn of the 20th century, the A-1es were relegated to branch line passenger trains and yard switching, as larger locomotives were built.
[1] Throughout the mid-late 1900s, the CPR decided to change the road numbers of most of their locomotives to avoid duplication and confusion, and as a result, A-1es were renumbered in 1905 to 92–96, 114–115, 206–218(No.
277 was sent back to the CPR's DeLorimier shops in 1912 to be rebuilt with a new boiler, modernized cylinders, larger driving wheels, a steel cab, a new tender, and a new cowcatcher.
The locomotive was reassigned again the following year to pull mixed trains on the CPR's newly acquired branch line that lied between Norton and Chipman, New Brunswick, and the locomotive would remain in revenue service on that route for the next forty-seven years.
[3] However, the three 4-4-0s were approaching the age of seventy years, and the CPR began investing in lighter diesel locomotives.
29 was sent to McAdam to be fitted with a fake diamond smokestack to take part in a centennial celebration in Caribou, Maine, a town in the United States that was served by the CPR.
29 to the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, where it spent the next twenty-three years on static display.
29 from the Canadian Railway Museum, and the locomotive arrived in Hillsborough on a flatcar in November of that year.
29 spent three years on static display at the S&H's rail yard adjacent to Main Street.
[6] It was during this inspection that multiple cracks were discovered on the boiler shell feedwater connection which had to be ground out; several flexible stay caps also had to be replaced.
[6] After this task was completed, they successfully passed a hydrostatic water test, and they were ready to reassemble all of the equipment inside the cab.
After being coupled on, Numbers 29 and 1009 moved on the long grade into Hillsborough with many photographers recording the train as it passed through.
1009 was sidelined after losing a tire and breaking a spoke on the rear driving wheel on the fireman's side, but No.
[6] On Labor Day weekend of 1988, the New Brunswick Division hosted the annual Canadian Railroad Historical Association (CRHA) convention, and on that Sunday, Numbers 29 and 1009 performed another double header.
29; the locomotive became begrimed with sooty residue, the wood trim inside the cab was burned off, and the paint is seared down to the bare metal.
29 would be damaged beyond economical repair, but when Ed Bowes and another employee inspected the locomotive, they found relieving results.
[8] They refilled the evaporated oil in its wheel-bearing journals, replaced the heat-warped rails in front of it, and towed it to another sideline.
[9] The locomotive was soon sent to the Winnipeg's Weston Shops to undergo a thorough cosmetic restoration to become presentable to the general public.
The CPR's president and CEO, Robert J. Ritchie, rededicated the steam locomotive following the official move of the company's quarters on September 9, 1996.
29 would spend the next twenty-one years on static display in front of the CPR's head office to represent the railroad's heritage.
29 off of its display site at Gulf Canada Square, and then the locomotive was moved via truck to the nearest rail line to be towed to Ogden.
29 remains on static display in front of CPKC’s (CPR’s successor) current head office next to EMD Fp7a No.