Canadian National Railway Steam Locomotives

Canadian National Railway Steam Locomotives

The Canadian National Railway Company/Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada, (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately 20,000 route miles (32,000 km) of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central. CN is a public company with 24,671 employees and, as of July 2024, a market cap of approximately US$75 billion. CN was government-owned, as a Canadian Crown corporation, from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. As of 2019, Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From 1919 to 1978, the railway was known as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR). (Wikipedia)

The CNR acquired its first 4-8-4 Confederation locomotives in 1927. Over the next 20 years, it ordered over 200 for passenger and heavy freight service. The CNR also used several 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, almost exclusively for passenger service. No. 6060, a streamlined 4-8-2, was the last CN steam locomotive, running in excursion service in the 1970s. CNR also used several 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railways (ex-Grand Trunk Railroad) Class “X-10a” 4-6-4WT Locomotive No. 47 (ex-GT No. 1542), MLW No. 54896 of 1914, and used on Montreal commuter trains. Steamtown, Bellows Falls.

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Canadian National Railways (ex-Grand Trunk Railroad) Class “X-10a” 4-6-4WT Locomotive No. 47 (ex-GT No. 1542), MLW No. 54896 of 1914, and used on Montreal commuter trains. Canadian National 47 is a preserved class "X-10-a" 4-6-4T type tank locomotive located at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of only three preserved CN 4-6-4Ts (No. 49 at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson, Quebec, Canada, and CN No. 46 at Vallée-Jonction, Quebec) and is the only Baltic-type suburban tank locomotive remaining in the United States. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railways (ex-Grand Trunk Railroad) Class “X-10a” 4-6-4WT Locomotive No. 47 (ex-GT No. 1542), MLW No. 54896 of 1914, Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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Steam locomotive CNR 49 was one of six locomotives of the X-10a class with a 4-6-4T configuration, that were built for the Grand Trunk Railway in 1914. At the time, its number was GTR 1544. These six locomotives were specifically designed for the Montreal-Rigaud suburban line (which originally stopped at Sainte-Anne de Bellevue). At the time, the two major railway companies – the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific – were competing for the lucrative western suburbs market. Although this locomotive’s 4-6-4 configuration would appear to make it a “Hudson”, it is, in fact, a "Baltic Tank", that is, a locomotive with its water and fuel bunkers on the frame of the locomotive. To improve its bi-directional capability – a major asset on a suburban line – the Grand Trunk Railway chose a configuration that was seldom used in North America. The locomotive could change direction at the end of the route without needing either a turntable or a turnaround, allowing the company to save both money and time on each trip. The Canadian Pacific Railway also built three tank locomotives in 1910-1912 and gave them road numbers CP 5991 to CP 5993. In the United States, only seven locomotives using this configuration were built. With the merger leading to the creation of the Canadian National Railways in 1923, the locomotive was renumbered CNR 49. It continued its career, along with its five sisters, until 1960. This locomotive was the last steam locomotive to be reconditioned at the Pointe Saint-Charles workshops in 1957. There are only three 4-6-4T locomotives still in existence. Two are in Quebec, one in the United-States.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 49.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 49.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 81 preserved as monument in Palmerston, Ontario. It was built in 1910 by the Canadian Locomotion Company in Kingston. It was retired from service in 1957.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 86, manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1910. Mogul 2-6-0, GTR 1006, became CNR 908 in 1923, and CNR 86 in 1952.

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Canadian National steam locomotive No. 247.

Canadian National Railway class O-8 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives. Forty-four tank locomotives were built by the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) in their Point St. Charles shops from 1884 through 1895. Most were built with round-topped saddle-tanks and classified as F4 by GT and later O-8-a by CN, but the eight built in 1887 had rectangular side tanks and were designated as class F3 by GT and O-8-b by CN. Thirty-nine of the class survived to receive CN numbers, but most were scrapped or sold within the first decade of CN operation. Two remained in service until 1940. CN number 7105 was sold to Consolidated Sand and Gravel Company in 1928 and served as their number 101 until repurchased in 1952 for the CN Museum Train. It was renumbered 247 and transferred to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1967. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National RailwayClass E-7 locomotive No. 713. CN Class E-7 was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives. These locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1898 through 1908. Some of the class had been built as compound locomotives with 200 psi (1.4 MPa) boilers feeding 22.5-inch (570 mm) and 35-by-26-inch (890 mm × 660 mm) cylinders; but all save one had been rebuilt as simple single-expansion locomotives beginning in 1911. GT began adding superheaters to these locomotives in 1913. CN simplified the last compound and continued the superheating conversions, but some locomotives never received superheaters. Most of the class were scrapped in the 1930s; but number 713 worked on the Berlin Subdivision branch to Lewiston, Maine, until replaced by diesel locomotives in 1957, and was preserved in the Canadian Railway Museum. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 1009 is a preserved Canadian 4-6-0 "ten-wheeler" steam locomotive built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912. It was originally built with 1880's specifications as part of a standard locomotive design to help construct a Canadian National Transcontinental Railway. The locomotive would subsequently serve the Canadian Government Railways, which was later absorbed into the Canadian National Railway. No. 1009's last revenue run took place in the spring of 1958, and it was subsequently donated to the Canadian Railway Museum for static display. Later on, it was purchased by the Salem and Hillsborough Railway with the intention to use it to pull their tourist trains. As of 2025, No. 1009 remains on indoor static display. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 1112 preserved in the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, Smith's Falls, Ontario. Built in 1912 and used initially on the now defunct Canadian Northern and later on Canadian National, the engine was sold in 1952 to the Quebec, North Shore and Labrador Railway and was finally retired in 1961. The engine hauled passenger as well as freight trains.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 1112 preserved in the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, Smith's Falls, Ontario.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 1158, manufactured in 1913 by Montreal Locomotive Works of Montreal for the Canadian Northern Railway (an ancestor of today's Canadian National Railway). Shown at the Western Development Museum, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

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Canadian National Railway locomotive No. 1392 is a preserved 4-6-0 "ten-wheeler" type steam locomotive. It was built in 1913 by the Montreal Locomotive Works originally for the Canadian Northern Railway before it was absorbed into the Canadian National Railway. No. 1392 became famous in later years for pulling a plethora of small excursion trains throughout Western Canada. As of 2025, the locomotive is owned and operated by the Alberta Railway Museum and is based in Edmonton, Alberta. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway; (ex-Canadian Northern Railway) Class H-4-a 4-6-0 Locomotive (initially No. 1223, renumbered as Locomotive No. 1520 in 1956), built by CLC (No. 738 of 1906) at the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, British Columbia.

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Canadian National Railway (ex-Canadian Government Railways) Class "I-3" 4-6-0 No. 1520 built by CLC at the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal 8/70. 21 were built by CLC, the Inter-Colonial Railway shops and Manchester 1899-1907. They were withdrawn 1925-28.

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Canadian National Railway Class H-6-g locomotive No. 1531. Built at Montreal in 1910 this engine is now preserved at the Simcoe County Museum awaiting the raising of $400k to restore her to former glory. Class H-6-g No 1531 was originally Canadian Northern number 261 and became CN 1322, a number it carried most of its working life. Finally CN 1531 in 1958 close to retirement. It was donated to the City of Barrie in 1960 and moved to Centennial Park. Negotiations were completed to move the loco to its present location in 2008.

Canadian National Railway (CN) Class I-8 steam locomotives were of 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 2'C " in UIC classification. These locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1906 through 1908 for passenger service. Most were scrapped in the 1930s, but number 1620 remained operational through the Second World War. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 1613.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. ‍2141, Kamloops Heritage Railway, British Columbia.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. ‍2141 blows off steam before departure. Kamloops Heritage Railway, British Columbia.

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Kamloops Heritage Railway locomotive 2141 rounds the curve near Monte Creek, BC in September 2007. CN 2141 was built by Canadian Locomotive Co in 1912 at Kingston, as Canadian Northern 1059. It became CN 2141, Class M-3-d, in 1920 and was given to City of Kamloops in August 1961. A 2-8-0, 'Consolidation' class of steam locomotive built for branch line railways. Originally a coal burner, she was converted to burn oil in 1954, and retired from active duty in 1958. 2141 was sold to the City of Kamloops in 1961, and placed on display in Riverside Park (seen above) until restoration work began in 1995. The restoration was completed in 2001 and 2141 now works for the Kamloops Heitage Railway.

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Canadian National Railway locomotive No. 2345, Northern Ontario.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 2591.

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Canadian National Railways N4A 2-8-0 steam locomotive No. 2616 on display at Head Lake, Haliburton, Ontario.

Canadian National class N-4 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives. These locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1906 until GT began purchasing class M freight locomotives in 1913. Initially classed D2 by the Grand Trunk, they were built as Richmond compound locomotives with 210 lbf/in2 (1.4 MPa) boilers feeding 22+1⁄2 inches (572 mm) and 35 inches (889 mm) by 32 inches (813 mm) cylinders. The Grand Trunk started to rebuild and reclassify them; superheated compounds became class D3; those rebuilt with 23-by-32-inch (580 mm × 810 mm) simple expansion cylinders and Stephenson valve gear became classes D4, D5 and D6. The D4 was extinct by the 1923 takeover of the Grand Trunk by Canadian National Railway; CN reclassified the others as N-4-a and N-4-b respectively. Some locomotives received Walschaerts valve gear and were classified D7 (N-4-d and N-4-e) and D9 (N-4-c); two received Young valve gear and were classified D11 (N-4-f). All simpled locomotives had their boiler pressure reduced to 180 lbf/in2. Both GT and CN took some of these rebuilding efforts out of their original numerical sequence. CN numbered class N-4-a locomotives from 2525 through 2660 and numbered the alternative rebuilding classes from 2661 through 2686. The rebuilt simplified locomotives remained in freight service until the final replacement of steam with diesel locomotives. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 2648.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2747 was the first of 33 steam locomotives built by the Canadian National Railway in its shops at Transcona, Manitoba, and it was the first locomotive built in Western Canada. This Consolidation type locomotive was completed April 1926 and since 1960 has been on static display in a park on Plessis Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

CN 2747 was constructed in April 1926 at the Canadian National Railway Shops in Transcona, Manitoba. It was the first steam locomotive to be constructed at the Transcona Shops, and it was also the first steam locomotive built for the Western Region. Construction took 27 days and CN 2747 was completed on 19 April 1926 at a total cost of $37,765. CN 2747 was, in part, built by sub-contractors. The Vulcand Iron Works in Winnipeg, for instance, produced the steel castings for the locomotive. It was Jon Olafsson, Chief Metallurgist, who determined the composition of the steel casting and the heat treatment for CN 2747 and nine other steam locomotives built at the Transcona Shops. The construction of CN 2747 was quite an achievement. Celebrated as "Western Canada's First Home-Made Engine," newspaper articles from Manitoba to British Columbia all remarked on the new steam locomotive from Transcona. News of its construction was also noted in magazines such as Canadian National Railways Magazine and Railway Age. Its first run was made to Union Station in Winnipeg on 20 April 1926. Officials at Winnipeg took a keen interest in inspecting CN 2747 on its arrival at the station from Transcona. (Transcona Museum)

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2801, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2801, 1926.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

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Canadian National Railway Class S-1a, 2-8-2, Locomotive No. 3239, built by CLC at the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal. 327 “S-1” Mikados of various sub-classes were built 1913-26 by CLC, MLW, ALCO, Baldwin and the CN's own shops for the Canaddian Government Railways, the Grand Trunk Railway and their successors the CNR.

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Two mechanics from Steamtown conduct a mid-trip temperature check on CN No. 3254. The readings are carefully recorded. After getting the 'all-clear' the train will back up and then do a photo runby.

Canadian National Railway (CN) Class S locomotives were a Class of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1′D1′ in UIC classification. These locomotives were designed for 16° operating curvature. The first examples of this very successful class were built for the Grand Trunk Railway in 1913. Major purchases of the class continued through 1924. Sub-classes S-3 and S-4 employed higher pressure boilers with smaller diameter cylinders to achieve similar tractive effort with higher efficiency. The class remained in freight service until the final replacement of steam with diesel-electric locomotives. 53 were renumbered between 4045 and 4097 in 1956. (Wikipedia)

Number 3239 is preserved by the Canadian Railway Historical Association. Number 3254 was saved by W.F. Barron of Ashland, Pennsylvania. No. 3254 first operated in excursion service at the Gettysburg Railroad in Gettysburg and Mount Holly Springs from 1985 until being put into storage again in 1986, it was then sold to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton were it ran from 1987 to 2012 when it was taken out of service indefinitely due to severe frame issues. No. 3377 was first owned by the Edaville Railroad, but soon moved to Steamtown, and eventually became a source of spare parts for No. 3254. Number 3734 (renumbered 4070) is now owned by the Midwestern Railway Preservation Society in ex Baltimore and Ohio Railroad roundhouse in Cleveland Ohio. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 3254, CN 3254 in the late afternoon sun at Steamtown, August 2023.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3374, 1938.

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Canadian National Railways (ex-Canadian Government Railways) Class “S-1” 2-8-2 Locomotive No. 3377 (ex-CGR No. 2977), built by CLC (Works No. 1582) in 1919. 327 Class “S-1's” were built by CN, CLC, MLW, ALCO & Baldwin 1913-26 for CGR, GT & CN. Steamtown, Bellows Falls.

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Canadian National Railway stream locomotiveNo. 3465, hauling 52 cars loaded with paper.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3564, 1938.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3800, 1930.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 5119. Freight shipment, yellow cabs at Jasper, Alberta.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 5140, 1934.

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Canadian National Railways Class (ex-Canadian Government Railways) J-7b 4-6-2 Locomotive No. 5288 (MLW No. 60483 of 1919) which was built to the USRA Light Pacific design.45 J-4a & b’s were built by MLW 1918-19 for the Canadian Government Railway (withdrawn 1957-1961) which became a constituent of the CN; 10 J-7c’s were built by MLW for Canadian National Railways (withdrawn 1959-1961). Steamtown, Bellows Falls.

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Canadian National Railway locomotive No. 5288 is a J-7-b class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in June 1919 by the Montreal Locomotive Works, originally for the Canadian Government Railways (CGR) as No. 516 and later No. 5288 on the Canadian National Railway (CN). It was on display at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. However, in April 2023, it was acquired by the Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown, Pennsylvania to be restored to operating condition for use in tourist excursion service. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 5301. This a Builders Card photo. No. 5301 e was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1920. (Larry Walton)

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CNR Engine No. 5302, Ottawa, Ontario, 1932.

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CNR Engine No. 5302, Ottawa, Ontario, 1932.

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Steam locomotive 5522 (NS Lines), 1942.

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Canadian National Railways Engine No. 5547 in snow, 1927.

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Canadian National Railway (ex-Canadian Government Railways) Class “K-2b” 4-6-2 Locomotive No. 5550 built by MLW in 1916 at the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal. 14 “K-2” Pacifics of various sub-classes were built in 1913-16 for the CGR and withdrawn in 1954-1961.

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Canadian National class K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive No. 5588 "Spirit of Windsor" is on display in Windsor Ontario. Plaque in front of the locomotive reads: "Spirit of Windsor Engine 5588 This Pacific Type 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive is dedicated to the memory of the glorious Steam Era in Canadian Railroading and to the Citizens of Windsor. No. 5588 was built in the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1911 for the Canadian National Railways and saw many years of fast freight and passenger service in Southern Ontario before being retired in 1961. In 1962 the Historic Vehicle Society of Ontario (Windsor) launched a public campaign to save old 5588 from the scrap heap and to bring it to Windsor for the edification of our and future generations. Christened the "Spirit of Windsor", No. 5588 was dedicated to the community on May 6, 1963." (Wikipedia)

Canadian National Railway (CN) Class K-3 steam locomotives were of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 2'C1' " in UIC classification. 70 of these locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1910 through 1913. The class remained in passenger service until the final replacement of steam with diesel locomotives. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 5702. In 1927, U.S.-based New York Central Railroad designed a new type of locomotive based on the 4-6-2 “Pacific” type. It would become a 4-6-4 type, baptized “Hudson” by its designer, in honour of the river along which his tracks ran. He commissioned American Locomotive Works to build the locomotive. Equipped with an improved boiler and a larger firebox requiring the addition of a dual-axle rear truck, this locomotive was designed essentially for speed. Indeed, on many high-traffic hauls, trains were required to reach and maintain top speeds in the order of 160 kph. More than 500 locomotives of this type were operated by various North American railway companies. Equipped with wheels 2 metres high—the highest at the time—Canadian National’s “Hudson” locomotives were configured for speed at the expense of pulling capacity. Finally, as with all locomotives primarily assigned to passenger trains, Canadian National’s “Hudson” locomotives were among the first to be removed from service during the 1950s given the rapid dieselisation of the motive power fleet. Two locomotives of this series of five were preserved. The Museum acquired No. 5702 in 1960. The 5703 is preserved at Elgin County Railway Museum, in Ontario.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6015, built in 1923. Placed on public display at Jasper, Alberta.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6015, built in 1923. Placed on public display at Jasper, Alberta

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6015, built in 1923. Jasper, Alberta.

The Canadian National U-1-a U-1-b class locomotives were three subclasses of 37 4-8-2 Mountain-type steam locomotives built for the Canadian National Railways between 1923 and 1924. They were retired between 1951 and 1962.

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Canadian National Railways (CNR) locomotives 6026 and 2194.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6028, 1939.

Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6043 is preserved in Assiniboine National Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. No. 6043 was the last steam locomotive to pull a revenue train in Canada, in 1960.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6060 being prepared for an excursion, Toronto Union Station, Ontario.

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Canadian National Railway Class "U1f" 4-8-2 Locomotive No. 6069.

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Canadian National Railway Class "U1f" 4-8-2 Locomotive No. 6069.

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Canadian National Railway Class "U1f" 4-8-2 Locomotive No. 6069, Bayview Junction, Oct 1963.

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Canadian National No. 6077 on display in Prescott Park in Capreol, part of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

Canadian National Railways U-1-f class locomotives were a class of twenty 4-8-2 or Mountain type locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944. They were numbered 6060–6079 by CN and nicknamed "Bullet Nose Bettys" due to their distinctive cone-shape smokebox door cover. The order for these engines came during the Second World War when steel was of extreme value. The mountain type locomotive was a step down in size from the much more prevalent Northern Type (4-8-4). As a result of this the mountain type had less power but more speed and served well as a general purpose workhorse. Half the class had been converted to oil-firing by October 1944. This resulted in the 18-ton coal/11,700-imperial-gallon (53 m³) tender being exchanged for a 5,000-imperial-gallon (23 m³) oil/11,000-imperial-gallon (50 m³) water tender. In later years several locomotives lost the distinctive cone-shaped smokebox door cover. Of the twenty locomotives that were built, only three remain in existence: 6060 owned by the Rocky Mountain Rail Society at the Alberta Prairie Railway, Stettler, Alberta; 6069 at Sarnia, Ontario; and 6077 at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum, at Capreol, Ontario. (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6077 on display in Prescott Park in Capreol, part of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

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Canadian National Railways “Confederation” 4-8-4 Express Locomotive No. 6100.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6124, Point Saint Charles Canadian National Railways shops, hoisting a 6100 locomotive, 1929.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6126, Toronto.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6153 Class U-2-c on display at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson/Saint-Constant, Quebec.

The Canadian National Confederation Locomotive type or the Canadian National U Classes is a type of Canadian steam locomotive with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement used on Canadian railways. Most were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in Montreal, Quebec, and the Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC) in Kingston, Ontario, for the Canadian National Railway (CNR). The "Confederation" type was later given the more common designation "Northern" type. They were the backbone of the CNR locomotive fleet from the 1930s to the 1950s. Eight locomotives of this type have been preserved from the CNR and two from the CPR. They were built from 1927 until 1943 and 1944 during World War 2 against the Axis when Canada had to provide the UK with metal for the Allied Forces of the Second World War against the Axis Forces. CN 6400 used roller-bearing boxes on all running and tender axles, with bearings made by SKF of Sweden. CN ordered 155 U-2 classes from 1927 to 1944. CN also ordered 5 U-4a locomotives in 1936, and the GTW ordered 36 U-3 classes from 1927 to 1943. The GTW ordered 5 U-4b locomotives in 1938. In total, 203 were built for CN and the GTW. All 203 locomotives remained in service until they were retired between 1953 and 1959. A few have survived into preservation, CN 6153, CN 6167, CN 6200, CN 6213, CN 6218 and CN 6400, and two from the GTW survived as well, GTW 6323 and GTW 6325. (Wikipedia)

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Engineer L.L. Wood in the cab of Engine 6154 of Canadian National Railways, Feb 1943.

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Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6162, 1936.

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Canadian National Railways U-2-e class 4-8-4 No. 6167 is on display at Guelph, Ontario (Montreal Locomotive Works No. 69262 of 1940).

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Canadian National Railways steam locomotive No. 6167. The Confederation type was a large locomotive type with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement used on Canadian railroads. Most were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in Montreal, Quebec, and the Canadian Locomotive Works (CLW) in Kingston, Ontario, for the Canadian National Railway (CNR). The "Confederation" type was later given the more common designation "Northern" type. They were the backbone of the CNR locomotive fleet from the 1930s to the 1950s. Eight locomotives of this type have been preserved from the CNR and CPR fleets.

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Canadian National Confederation Locomotive No. 6200, 4-8-4, on display outside the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.

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This steam locomotive was constructed by the Montreal Locomotive Works for the Canadian National Railways in June 1942. The locomotive operated in eastern Canada before being transferred to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in June 1967. This is an example of a 4-8-4, or Northern, type locomotive used extensively for both passenger and freight train service. Well suited to CN’s needs, by 1944 the railway was operating 203 locomotives of this type. This locomotive is 28.9 m long and weighed 302 823 kg in working order. By 1960 steam locomotives were withdrawn from regular service and replaced by dieselelectric locomotives.

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Canadian National Confederation Locomotive No. 6200, 4-8-4, on display outside the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6213, 4-8-4, Toronto, Ontario, at the Toronto Railway Museum (TRM) on the lands of the former CPR John St. Roundhouse. It was on active duty until 1959 and was donated by Canadian National Railway (CNR) to the City of Toronto government in 1960. It was on display at Exhibition Place until 2009 when it was moved to its current location (43.641378°N 79.38645°W). (Wikipedia)

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Canadian National Railway steam locomotive No. 6213, Toronto, Ontario.

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Canadian National 4-8-4 Locomotive No. 6213 at Toronto, Ontario.

(railfan 44 Photo)

Canadian National No. 6218 is a 4-8-4 U-2-g Northern type locomotive built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1942 for the Canadian National Railway. It became famous after it was brought back by CN for their Steam Excursion Program from 1964 to 1971. It is now on static display at the Fort Erie Railway Museum in Fort Erie, Ontario. (Wikipedia)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3356766)

Grand Trunk Western diesel engine No. 6331, 1942.