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CN 4-8-4 #6401
Title:  CN 4-8-4 #6401
Description:  Here is another fine example of a Montreal Locomotive Works streamlined 4-8-4 Northern type built in June of 1936 for the Canadian National. Caught by H.L. Goldsmith as it sits in the dead/scrap line in the Stratford, Ontario yard, it waits for the scrapper's torch which finally comes in November of 1961. Specs - serial #68716, U-4-a class, 77" drivers, impressive 275 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 280,280 lb, tractive effort of 52,457 lb.
Photo Date:  6/11/1958  Upload Date: 3/5/2019 7:28:18 AM
Location:  Stratford, ON
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CN 6401(4-8-4)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Canadian National steam locomotive
Title:  Canadian National steam locomotive
Description:  Canadian National steam locomotive
Photo Date:  5/6/1939  Upload Date: 12/23/2019 7:56:52 PM
Location:  Brantford, ON
Author:  Unknown photographer. Collection of the late Yves St-Hilaire
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CN 6402(4-8-4)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
CN 4-6-2 #5609 - Canadian National
Title:  CN 4-6-2 #5609 - Canadian National
Description:  Sitting next to the streamlined 4-8-4 CN 6402, this 4-6-2 Pacific #5609 looks old in comparison. Built by the Grand Trunk Rwy shops in December of 1920 as GTR #288, the loco was transferred to Canadian National in 1938 and renumbered 5609. The loco succumbed to the scrapper's torch in February of 1960. Serial #1501. H. L. Goldsmith photo
Photo Date:  6/11/1958  Upload Date: 3/3/2019 12:31:55 PM
Location:  Stratford, ON
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CN 5609(4-6-2) CN 6402(4-8-4)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Canadian National 4-8-4 #6402 Not sure if it was made by MLW or CLW
Title:  Canadian National 4-8-4 #6402 Not sure if it was made by MLW or CLW
Description:  Date and location unknown.
Photo Date:  1/2/2012  Upload Date: 1/2/2012 6:17:53 PM
Location:  Peninsula, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CN 6402(4-8-4)
Views:  926   Comments: 1
CN 4-8-4 #6403
Title:  CN 4-8-4 #6403
Description:  H.L. Goldsmith caught this beautifully streamlined 4-8-4 built by Montreal Locomotive Works in June of 1943 now sitting in the dead/scrap line at Stratford, Ontario yard. Once a crack locomotive on express passenger trains, it now waits for the scrapper's torch which came in April of 1960. Specs - serial #68718, U-4-a class, 77" drivers, impressive 275 psi boiler pressure, 24x30" cylinders, engine weight of 280,280 lb, tractive effort of 52,457 lb.
Photo Date:  6/11/1958  Upload Date: 3/5/2019 7:28:21 AM
Location:  Stratford, ON
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CN 6403(4-8-4)
Views:  294   Comments: 1


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