Canadian Steam Locomotives

Canadian Steam Locomotives

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3196417)

A "brakey" changes railway lines on the track of a Canadian National Railways yard, February 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348348)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Author Photo)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, currently on display in the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian National Railways (CNR) donated Locomotive 6400 to the Museum in June 1967. The company had kept the locomotive as part of its historical collection after it had been retired from active service in the 1950s. The design of CN 6400, a semi-streamlined locomotive, was a result of wind tunnel research conducted by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in the 1930s. NRC researchers were looking for ways to improve smoke clearance around the locomotive cabs of steam trains. Instead of making changes to its existing locomotive designs, CNR used the research to have an entirely new style of locomotive built. CNR took delivery of five 6400 series locomotives from Montreal Locomotive Works in 1936. Intended for passenger service (primarily in southern Ontario and Quebec), these locomotives, with their sleek modern style, also became an important marketing tool for the company. The 6400 was one of the CNR locomotives used to pull the Royal Train in 1939 and was also a featured attraction at the New York World’s Fair the same year. It is the only one of its class preserved.

 This page is dedicated to my grandchildren Cole, Ashley, Owen, Auli and Bauer, and to all avid lovers of steam locomotives.

The data found on this page has been compiled by the author.  Any additions, corrections or amendments to this list of Steam Trains on display in Canada would be most welcome.

Canadian Steam Locomotives

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527110)

Steam locomotive No. 864.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 186551)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive poster.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3646664)

The Royal Scot, steam locomotive at Exhibition Park, Toronto, Ontario, 4 May 1933.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527918)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3196398)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3625613)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6404, Feb 1943.

If you have photographs of trains listed here that you are willing to share, or know of preserved Canadian trains missing from this list, updates would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.

Steam locomotives

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348228)

Locomotives Samson and Albion on a flatcar, ca 1928.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3570089)

Railway Centenary - Dorchester Model at Toronto Messrs. Moran and Shifty ? Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway.

(Author Photo)

This early 0-6-0 steam locomotive named "Samson" was used by the General Mining Association in 1838.  It is on display in the Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia.

The Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway was the first Canadian railway, chartered in 1832.  It ran for a distance of just over 22.5 km (14 miles) from 21 July 1836 and linked Laprairie on Lake Champlain with the city of Montreal in Quebec.  A 0-4-0 Stephenson Samson steam locomotive pulled two coaches on a round-trip from Laprairie.  In 1851 an extension was added to this rail line to Rouses Point in New York.

(Library and Archives Canada Photos, MIKAN No. 3348226)

This early 0-6-0 steam locomotive operated from Montreal, Quebec.

(Library and Archives Canada Photos, MIKAN No. 3348227)

This early 0-6-0 steam locomotive operated from Montreal, Quebec.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN Nos. 3194178)

Grand Trunk Railway Locomotive No. 209, “Trevithick”, Montreal, 1860.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3630113)

Grand Trunk Railway Locomotive No. 209, “Trevithick”, Montreal, 1860.

Grand Trunk Railway No. 417 with Marquis of Lorne, Governor General of Canada.  (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3273291)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607688)

Early 2-4-0 Locomotive “John Bridge” and crew.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607670)

S & L locomotive 1 n.d.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3194433)

CPR Locomotive No. 222 on a railway trestle, Dec 1883.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3206038)

City of Winnipeg, Hydro Locomotive No. 3.  Built 4/1882 by Dubs & Co. Glasgow, Scotland for CPR.  Rebuilt CPR 7/1909.  CPR No. 22 sold November 1918.  Currently operated by Prairie Dog Central for steam excursions.  If you look at the man walking away from the engine, he is dressed much like anyone in the last 20 years. So the picture itself is very recent.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3230761)

Canadian Northern Railway 4-4-0 Locomotive No. 3, “Josephine”, 1892-1919.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224561)

CPR Locomotive No. 218, Algoma Mixed service, 9 July 1887.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3191726)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 374 with Fireman G. Taylor and Engineer P. Righter.  23 May 1887.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224564)

Canadian Pacific Railway 4-4-0 Locomotive No. 227, ca 1890.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516141)

Great Western Railway Locomotive No. 126, Freight Type, ca. 1834-1892.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4203779)

Canadian Pacific Railway 2-6-0 Locomotive No. 410, 1890.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4203780)

Canadian Pacific Railway 2-6-0 Locomotive No. 415, ca 1890.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203940)

Canadian Pacific Railway 4-4-0 Locomotive No. 349, before 1899.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4619806)

Lake Erie and Detroit River 2-6-0 Locomotive No. 34.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4619807)

Lake Erie and Detroit River 2-8-0 Locomotive No. 51.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3192191)

Locomotive No. 5, 4-4-0, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company, Hunter Street tunnel.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353743)

Great Western Railway, Locomotive No. 8, Dakin.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No.3574532)

Royal Tour Group seated on front of engine of Royal Train, Glacier, British Columbia, between 29 Sep and 4 Oct1901.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3260709)

Wreck of an artillery train, Enterprise, Ontario, 9 Jun 1903.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3623266)

St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway Locomotive No. 9, "Lucy Dalton".

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3192161)

Locomotive No. 17 of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348653)

Old cylinder Shay type locomotive, Hutton, British Columbia.  You can see the three cylinders and drive shafts running to the front and back trucks.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3229413)

Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company, ca 1910.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3237862)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6126, Toronto.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3656111)

Canadian National Railway Train Station, Toronto, 29 June 1925.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224563)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 1104, 1906.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224562)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2227, 1911.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3238955)

Grand Trunk Pacific Engine 123, the first engine to arrive in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 1911.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4399952)

Steam Engine No. 1057, which was built in December of 1912 by Montreal Locomotive Works.  The 1057 ran excursions in Saskatchewan, Owen Sound, and Havelock. It was put on display in 1960 but was restored to working order in Toronto in the 1970s. Since then it has run between Toronto and Orangeville, Guelph to Goderich, and for three years it was sponsored by the federal government to run between Ottawa and Wakefield. Its latest placement has been on the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, Ontario.  Dominion Day, 1974.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391379)

G.T.P. locomotive, first train to leave Prince Rupert.  1915.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391662)

Toronto-Hamilton Highway Commission Engine No. 2, Oakville, 22 Sep 1915.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391637)

Quebec & Lake St. John Railway, Engine Frank Ross.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391661)

Toronto-Hamilton Highway Commission Engine No. 3 and train with cement.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3816862)

G.T.P. locomotive, Prince Rupert.  1915.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3395300)

Canadian Light Railroad Officers making use of an observation car, built in their yards near Lens. September, 1917.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3395289)

A Canadian narrow guage armoured train taking ammunition up to the line through a badly shelled village, September 1917.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224551)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2321, “Santa”.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224553)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2638, ca 1920-1930, Calgary, Alberta.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348410)

Canadian National Railways (CNR) lounge car, 1930.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391628)

Locomotive No. 37, Quebec Central Railway.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348602)

CNR Saddle Tank switching engine No. 7111, 1932.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402349)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402347)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391493)

G.T.R. Roundhouse. Engine 369.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516147)

Canadian Northern Railway 2-8-0 Locomotive No. 2489.  This is a builders photo that was supplied when the engine was built for the Canadian Northern in 1918.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353742)

Grand Western Railway Locomotive No. 103.  The Great Western Railway was taken over by the Grand Trunk Railway in August of 1882, therefore this photo was taken sometime before 1883.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353744)

Grand Western Railway Locomotive "Scotia", 1936.  The Great Western Railway was taken over by the Grand Trunk Railway in August of 1882, therefore this photo was taken sometime before 1883.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4298014)

Enine No. 26 on a railway bridge.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353739)

Grenville & Carillon Railway Locomotive, Ottawa.  The Carillon and Grenville Railway (CAGR) operated from 1854-1910 and was a broad gauge (5ft 6in) road, 12 miles long.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607655)

Locomotive No. 197, a Newfoundland narrow gauge (3ft 6in) engine.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391668)

Locomotive No. 120 of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, 1907.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527116)

Crane lifting a steel water tank away from Locomotive No. 6016, in Quebec.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607656)

Locomotive No. 407, Palmerston, Ontario.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3392712)

Canada Atlantic Railway Train. October, 1893.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607664)

Canadian Pacific engine 2018.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3422786)

Canada Atlantic train, June 1893.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3392710)

Canada Atlantic Railway Train. October, 1893.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402657)

Canadian Pacific Railway Engine No. 2227, crossing a bridge.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516145)

Canadian Northern Railway Locomotive No. 416, 1899-1918.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3350348)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5093110)

Canadian Northern Railway #1018 on first run out of Victoria, British Columbia, 1915.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3608124)

Canadian Pacific Railway train no. 1, Imperial Limited, locomotive No. 3811, Field, British Columbia.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3623581)

Manitoba and Northwestern Railway Locomotive No. 7, 1890.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607661)

Newfoundland Railway Locomotive No. 1002.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3192268)

Ottawa and Gatineau Railway Locomotive No. 7, Gracefield, Quebec, 1890.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607667)

QRL&P Locomotive No. 3.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3231617)

Quebec & Lake St-John Railway Locomotive, ca 1870s.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402670)

Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway Locomotive No. 23, “Lotbinière”, 1878.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391671)

Toronto & Northern Railway Locomotive No. 6, “Uxbridge”.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3229407)

Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Locomotive No. 16, 1920s.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4620256)

Pere Marquette, 2-6-0, locomotive No. 816, 1922.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402582)

Canadian Pacific Railway No. 313 Heavy Grade Engine used in assisting trains to summit of Rockies.  The picture is from a time when the link and pin coupler on the front of the engine were in use. These were outlawed in the early 1890's. (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3277536)

M.C.R.R. (C.S.Div.) 8403 on Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers Special train, Windsor to Niagara Falls, Ontario passing St. Thomas without stopping.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402404)

Canadian Northern Railway locomotive No. 2036 at Mair station Saskatchewan.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402416)

Train carrying Parliamentary and Press party over the Canadian Northern Railways system from Quebec City to Vancouver, October 1915.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402414)

Northern Railway of Canada - the first train into Meaford, Ontario.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391295)

Train Crew, first train over the Grand Trunk Pacific, Scott, Saskatchewan, ca 1900-1910.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2265701)

Locomotive stopped on a platform, ca 1930s.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3611405)

Central Rail Road of New Jersey No. Engine No.775, never operated in Canada.  No. 775 was a 4-6-0 Camelback on the C.N.J.  (Larry Walton)

(Photo courtesy of CMST, DaMongMan)

Canadian Pacific Locomotive No. 1201 in motion.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349361)

Grand Trunk Locomotive 2194. As the tender is full of wood and the smokestack supports that is what was being used for fuel, it would appear that the picture is likely from the late 1880's to early 1890's.  (Larry Walton)

(Photo courtesy of Anita Bibeau)

Grand Trunk Locomotive No. 1295.  The number us on both the tender and the dome behind the smokestack.

(Photo courtesy of Anita Bibeau)

Grand Trunk Locomotive derailment.

(Photo courtesy of Anita Bibeau)

Grand Trunk Locomotive derailment.

(Photo courtesy of Anita Bibeau)

Grand Trunk Locomotive No. 505.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527095)

Central Vermont Railway Locomotive No. 702.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3350499)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 2591.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349712)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 2648.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349121)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349123)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 334912)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349120)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2800, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391192)

Locomotive No. 2901 of the Canadian Pacific Railway, c. 1926. Mountain type locomotive run Ottawa to Chalk River.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349112

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349117)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349114)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349115)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349126)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2801, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349127)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 2801, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349111)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349110)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3198, 1926.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3528113)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3800, 1930.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607472)

Borden's Milk Tank Car No. 522.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3392627)

Canadian Pacific Railway Motor car, LaSalle Spur Line near Montreal, Quebec, 1928.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348603)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 1613.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527947)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 5140, 1934.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527943)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive 8364.  This is a Builders Card photo, dated May 1929.  (Larry Walton)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527942)

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)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3590725)

NT Bullet Train.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353741)

Great Western Canada Railway, "Backstone Baker" Standard Freight Locomotive, likely taken some time near the turn of the century.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527922)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6162, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391657)

Engine No. 14 (110 tons), Sydney & Louisburg Railway, Dominion Coal Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3391658)

Engine No. 15 (121 tons), Sydney & Louisburg Railway, Dominion Coal Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3553685)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 3001.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 186551)

Canadian Pacific Railway poster.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527892)

Canadian National Railway Locomotives Numbers 6401, 6400 and 6402, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3355711)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348349)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527918)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3355712)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3355704)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527914)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527919)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3527901)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6401, c1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353773)

Dominion of Canada engine No. 4489 - Lehigh & New England Railway, 1937. 4489 Dominion of Canada is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive. It is a 4-6-2 locomotive built to the same design by Sir Nigel Gresley as the more famous Mallard. There were 35 A4 locomotives built in total. Originally numbered 4489, it was renumbered 10 on 10 May 1946, under the LNER 1946 renumbering scheme of Edward Thompson and, after nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 60000 to its number so it became 60010 on 27 October 1948. It was renumbered back to 4489 following a cosmetic restoration at the National Railway Museum in York during late 2012 and early 2013. (Wikipedia)

(Stiffcollar Photo)

Dominion of Canada engine No. 4489, The locomotive was built in Doncaster works in May 1937 as Works Number 1854. It was originally to be named Buzzard but initially received the name Woodcock instead until it was renamed Dominion of Canada by High Commissioner of Canada, H. Vincent Massey on 15 June 1937. No. 4489 underwent trials, the only one of the 'Coronation' A4s so treated, and left in works grey lined in white. It had apple green painted coupled wheels. At this point it wore the name Woodcock, but this was removed before final painting and release to traffic. The Canadian Pacific Railway issue whistle was fitted 15 July 1937 for the unveiling and naming. The CPR-type bell fitted was steam operated and was actually used, as a photograph from 19 August 1939, illustrates. In 1937, locomotive 4489 was the locomotive used to try and take back the speed record previously taken by the LMS' passenger train, the Coronation Scot, which clocked at 114 mph (183 km/h). Unfortunately, Locomotive 4489 achieved 109.5 mph (176 km/h) down Stoke Bank. It suffered damage in a collision at Hatfield and required attention at Doncaster Works from 31 January to 18 March 1939.

Allocated to Kings Cross from new, it was reallocated to Grantham on 7 April 1957. The next shed was Kings Cross again on 15 September 1957. New England was the next allocation on 16 June 1963, after the closure of Kings Cross. The final allocation was to Aberdeen on 20 October 1963 to be used, along with other displaced A4s, primarily for the three-hour Aberdeen to Glasgow express service. (Wikipedia)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3531097)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3374, 1938.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402302)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3564, 1938.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348358)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6401, 1938.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3353820)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6401, 1938.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 335573)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6028, 1939.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349364)

Canadian National Railways (CNR) locomotives 6026 and 2194.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3356691)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6400, 1939.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3356764)

Steam locomotive 5522 (NS Lines), 1942.

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

Grand Trunk Western diesel engine No. 6331, 1942.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3196414)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6404, Feb 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3625572)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6404, 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3625613)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6404, 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3625629)

Locomotive smoking with a long train of freight cars, 1943.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3226071)

Temiscouata Railway Company Locomotive, ca 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349270)

Freight shipment - yellow cabs at Jasper.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349467)

Braking on freight cars.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3226069)

Temiscouata Railway Company Locomotive, c1945.

(Ryan1825 Photo)

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

 (JYolkowski Photo)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3350315)

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

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3348631)

Pt. St. Charles Canadian National Railways (CNR) shops - hoisting a 6100 locomotive, 1929.  

(Zeitlupe Photo)

Canadian National Railways Locomotive No. 6015, built in 1923, on display at Jasper, Alberta.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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 Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349253)

Canadian National Railway locomotive No. 2345, Northern Ontario.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3349650)

Canadian National Railways, train hauling 52 cars loaded with paper.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

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.

(Ron Wright Collection)

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

(Peter Witfield Photo)

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

(Frank Smeltze Collection)

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

(Balcer Photo)

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.

(Wtshymanski Photo)

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.

(JPMueller Photo)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 3254.  Steamtown.

(P199 Photo)

Canadian National Railway Locomotive No. 6077, Prescott Park in Capreol, part of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

(Das48 Photo)

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

(Lance Gleich Photo)

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

(Andyring Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2816, “Empress” at a stop in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.

(Centpacrr Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2317, G-3-c series 4-6-2 “Pacific”-type steam passenger service locomotive built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in June, 1923.  In service with the CPR for 36 years before being retired in 1959, the road operated a total of 173 of these steam locomotives of which only two survive.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway Class “D10h” 4-6-0, Locomotive No. 1098 built 1913 at Steamtown, Bellows Falls, Vermont. 74 “D10h”'s were built or rebuilt from earlier D10 classes 1912-13 and withdrawn by 1966.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway Class “G3d” 4-6-2 Locomotive No. 2341 built by MLW 1924 at the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal.  173 were built 1919-48 by MLW, CLC and the CP's own shops; withdrawn 1941-60.

(Hugh Llewelyn Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway Class “F1a” or “Jubilee” 4-4-4 Locomotive No. 2929, built by CLC (No. 1943) in 1936.  5 “F1a's” and 5 “F2a's” were built in 1936 and 1938 respectively for high speed lightweight (200–500 tons) expresses between Montreal and Quebec City.  They were the last North American steam locos built specifically to win passengers back to the railway.  They were withdrawn 1957-61.  A very rare wheel arrangement indeed, but beautiful engines. At Steamtown, Bellows Falls.  

(Fraccle Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway H1d Class 4-6-4 “Royal Hudson" Locomotive No. 2850 (Montreal Locomotive Works 69100 of 1938), at the Canadian Railway Museum.  It pulled the Royal Train westbound across Canada in 1939 and received the Royal designation from King George VI.

(Tony Hisgett Photo)

Canadian Pacific Railway T1c Class 2-10-4 Locomotive No. 5931 of the Selkirk type used for passenger and freight services, on display in Calgary, Alberta.

(M. Tiple Photo)

Baldwin Pacific Class 4-6-2 steam locomotive at Humbermouth Historic Train site, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

(Tony Hisgett Photo

)White Pass & Yukon Route narrow gauge locomotive No. 73.

(Explorer1940 Photo)

White Pass Railway Engine 73.

(Masterhatch Photo)

M&S Locomotive in Bienfait, Saskatchewan.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3402641)

Canadian Pacific Railway, steel cafe-parlour car 6550, 1925.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3278211)

Canadian Pacific Railway, Open Mountain Observation Car 96.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3554025)

Montreal Locomotive Works, Locomotive No. 1007 for the Newfoundland Railway, May 1926.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3554026)

Montreal Locomotive Works, Locomotive 1007, engine, May 1941.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3197890)

View of a firebox and chassis of an X-Dominion locomotive being suspended by an overhead crane during construction of the locomotive, Nov 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3626155)

Canadian Pacific locomotive, Central Bridge Construction Company, Sep 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3194192)

Cleaning a fast freight locomotive in the roundhouse, Edmonton, Alberta, Jan 1943.  

Steam Locomotives in New Brunswick

(Author Photos)

Engine No. 5270. Class: J-7-a. Wheel Configuration: 4-6-2. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: CNR. Builder:  Montreal Locomotive Works No. 59482. Year: 1918. Location: Centennial Park, Moncton, NB.

Engine No. 1009. Class: F-1-b. Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: CNR, Salem & Hillsborough Railroad. Builder:  Montreal Locomotive Works No. 51132. Year: 1912. Location: Hillsborough, NB.

Engine No. unknown. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-4-0T. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: Wilkes Barre. Builder:  TBC. Year: TBC. Location: TBC.

Engine No. 2. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0T. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: Comm Portland Cement. Builder:  TBC. Year: TBC. Location: TBC.

Engine No. 308. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 4-4-2T. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: New South Wales G. Builder:  TBC. Year: TBC. Location: TBC.

Steam Locomotives in Nova Scotia

Engine No. 1521. Class: H-6-b. Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: CNR. Builder:  Montreal Locomotive Works. Year: 1905. Location: Upper Clements Theme Park, Clementsport, NS.

Engine No. 5. Class: Small Industrial Locomotive. Wheel Configuration: 0-4-0T. Gauge: 30”. Railroad Line: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co, later Dominion Steel & Coal, Trenton Works, Trenton, NS. Builder:  Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Name: "The Cute One". Year: 1917. Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS, Baldwin, 1917.

Engine No. 151. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-4-0T. Gauge: 36”. Railroad Line: Dominion Steel, Sydney Steel Division, NS. Builder:  Montreal Locomotive Works.

Year: 1942. Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS, Baldwin, 1917.

Engine No. unknown. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad Line: General Mining Association. Builder: Rayne & Burn. Name: “Albion”

Year: 1854. Location; Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.

(Author Photo)

Engine No. unknown. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad: General Mining Association. Builder: Hackworth.

Name: “Samson”. Year: 1838. Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.

The Albion locomotive is a British-made locomotive brought to Stellarton (then Albion Mines) by the General Mining Association. The identity of the builder is not clear. It has a plate on the front that says, “Rayne & Burn Engineers Newcastle Upon Tyne 1854”. It had been thought at one time that it might have been made by Timothy Hackworth like Samson, but experts have determined it to be “School of Hackworth”.

Albion has unusual angled cylinders, positioned high on the boiler barrel and inclined thirty degrees downward to drive the centre set of wheels. From 1830 most locomotives had horizontal cylinders. Hackworth is known to have continued using angled cylinders until 1845 although connected to the rear instead of the center wheels. (Nova Scotia Museum)

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Engine No. 7260. Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad: Intercolonial Railway (No. 809). Later with CNR (No. 7075), then Intercolonial Coal, then Drummond Coal Company, Westville, 1964. Builder: Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston, Ontario. Year: 1906. Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.

Engine No. 42 (16). Class: unknown. Wheel Configuration: 2-6-0. Gauge: 4’-8½”. Railroad: Dominion Coal (1901), Sydney & Louisbourg Railway (1952), Acadia Coal, Stellarton (1955), Cape Breton Steam Railway (1973). Builder: Schenectady Locomotive Works, No. 27301. Year: 1899. Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.

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(Bud Laws Photo)

I remember taking the train from McAdam, New Brunswick, to Ontario in the early 1950s, when my RCAF father was stationed there.  This is steam locomotive No. 5185, Fredericton, New Brunswick 1 November 1950.

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