C N R Steam Locomotives


 
I like most Canadians over 50 have a fascination with
railways and steam engines in particular. 
I decided to put together this page showing some of the 
CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours.

 
 
 
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
The People's Railway

The CNR started it's life in January 1923. It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. 
It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR),  Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the
Canadian Northern (CNoR).
The locomotives shown on this page were in some cases inherited from the previous railways and in other's bought by the CNR. The CNR was in need of a lot of new equipment after the merger to enable it to compete with the one remaining private railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
The rivalry between these two railways continues to this day.
The CNR had the disadvantage of being government controlled and had to support many unprofitable line because of political interference.
This cost a great deal of money which a certain portion was written off by the government each year but the CNR usually showed an annual loss because of it.
Those losses plus a staggering debt load that was inherited from the merger left the CNR in the position of having to ask the government for hand outs each year.

These steam locomotives were operated until the process to replace them with diesel electric engines began in 1950. This was brought on by a serious coal strike in the US that caught CNR with very low reserves of coal and cause the temporary shutdown of some services.
This gave the government the incentive to provide the necessary funding for the conversation.
The process started on the east and west coasts of the country, working towards central Canada.
The first passenger train to be converted was the Ocean Limited, which ran between Montreal and Halifax in 1954. The process was completed by the mid 1950's.

There was a fair amount of opposition from within the CNR to this change but it was necessary because of the lower operating costs of the diesel electric engines.
They didn't necessarily run any faster but could go much further distances between refueling and required service.
 


Read about the Royal Train of 1939

Photos of steam engine CN 6060

Photos of steam engine CN 6218


CNR 3207, 2-8-2 Locomotive at Brandon Manitoba, June 7, 1958
 This picture was submitted by Merle English
CNR 5704, 0-4-0 Locomotive at Toronto Ontario, Oct, 15, 1957
 This picture was submitted by Merle English
CNR 8369, 0-8-0 Locomotive at Sarnia Ontario, Oct. 12, 1957
 This picture was submitted by Merle English
CN 5117 at Vancouver BC in early 1939
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
Read more about the Canadian Royal Train, 1939
A J-4-d, 4-6-2 Pacific type. Pulled the Royal Train from Westminster BC to Kamloops Jct. 
Painted in a royal blue -- with the royal coat of arms -- for service on the Royal Train.
The locomotive is seen here at Vancouver in 1939.

 
This picture was submitted by  Isabelle Gould, Moncton, NB
Shown is her grandfather,  Aime A LeBlanc B. 1879 - D.1959
He was an engineer/fireman for the CNR. He drove trains from Moncton to PEI, from Bathurst to Tracadie and also from Moncton to Campbelton.  He retired  around 1945 
This just from Doug Joslin, Barrie ON. "CN 1008 was a Ten Wheeler, F-1-b, built MLW 19l2 for CGR #4528, scrapped 8-1954"

 
 
These pictures came for a mainly Internet news groups and are public domain.
My thanks to the BC Archive for the use of their photographs.

I would like to invite any one that has a favorite CNR steam locomotive picture or 
a Web Page that they would like added to this page to E mail me. 

If anyone can supply additional information on the
locomotives shown on this page I would appreciate it.

Click here to E mail me
John MacDonald

This page was last updated on Sept 30, 2013


John Cross of Pictou Co. Nova Scotia, Canada gave me a copy of the 150 pictures that he had purchased at a Donny Pidgeon auction and I wrote a second page for these pictures.
Some of these pictures are very rare and some show the steam engines that were used in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Please click below to view this page.

 
Hi Friends. I have a special request.
I received the following series of pictures from a visitor to this site. She made a request to see if I could find out any more information on any of these pictures.
"I am going through old family photos from British Columbia (Rossland, New Westminster, Steveston) from c1890s-1910s.  I have quite a few that I can't place (and I can't read the engine numbers!)." If you have any information on these pictures you can use this email link to contact me
E Mail 

 
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Painting by Gary Fox. To view more of his work click here

 
James Michael Gowan is a short story writer from Owen Sound Ontario.
He has given me permission to to publish this story of his 
early railway experiances with his father "for single use only".
This also applies to any pictures he has submitted to this or other  web sites that I own.

 
"My goal is to add photos to an anthology of my life's experiences. I am a short story writer and the Son and Brother of CNR railroad engineers.

I was born in Owen Sound in 1947. Buy age 6 my family had to move to London Ontario for my father to get regular work on the CNR. Rail service was dying in the Northern part of South Western Ontario. I do recall very vividly those times when my Dad broke all the rules and took me (at age 4 or 5) with him on a night run from Owen Sound to London, Ont. That was the connecting terminus, via Stratford Ont. Dad would sneak me into the bunk house in London to sleep with him before the return trip to Owen Sound.

I remember his laughter, and that of the Fireman, when they told me I had to shovel coal from the tender into the boiler. I was so small, just lifting the shovel was a challenge; forget having coal on the shovel. I did what I was told and watched the gauges they told me I had to watch. There was so few chunks of coal on each shovel full, it took a while for the gauge to tell me I could stop.

I remember the whistle stop at Palmerston, Ont. in the pre dawn light where he gave me a few coins to run into the station and buy a sandwich and a pop. This was high drama for a young child, because I was told that my Dad could get into big trouble if I was seen in the cab of the train. I was a willing co-conspirator. I would sneak to the far side of the engine to re-enter the cab at these stops for snacks.

After the family moved to London, there were fewer times that my Dad could take me with him. One that sticks out in my mind was a passenger run from London (a shift change point of that era) to Windsor Ont. On the night in question, my father had awakened me just past midnight and asked me if I wanted to go with him on a run. I was about 10 years old, as I recall. I of course said "yes".

I was speechless when I saw the awesome steam engine that I would be riding in on the way to Windsor. It was a 6400 series. If my recollection is correct, it was 6403. Since this was a passenger run, the conductor was back in the coaches. I took his seat in the cab. The fireman and my Dad gave me a job; no shovel this time. I had to watch two gauges and turn a knob to keep the temperature values within set parameters. I was told that there was a conveyor that ran under the cab floor that fed coal from the tender to the boiler. By watching the gauges and turning the knob, I was activating that conveyor when it was necessary.

I handled my assigned tasks for a bout an hour, before I fell asleep. When we got to Windsor, the fireman said I would make a good Conductor. I was so disappointed that we had diesel engine for the return trip to London.

I am trying to remember the whistle sequence for level crossings. Was it two long, one short, then one long? I do remember that my Dad let me blow the whistle at many crossings.

One of my sad memories of my Dad as an engineer was the silences that followed an accident at work. He was very quiet for days after a trip he had been on that had caused death or injury to a person trying to race the train to a crossing and lost. Even though he had no control over the situation, he still felt the loss personally.

There were two situations that rankled him. One, he had released some steam at a stop and some lady had her white gloves stained. The second was a stop on a passenger run that was not as smooth as he wanted, and an onboard CNR dignitary had his soup spill. For both of those MAJOR transgressions he received demerit marks on his record.

After my father's death in 1975; at his funeral, I got an up close, in person view of how my father was viewed as a "railroad man". This view was provided by his co-workers. At the funeral home, I was approached by a man who had only worked with my father for about 3 years. He said to me "Your father was one hell of a railroad man. I didn't always agree with him, but I always respected him".

The next comment came from a man who had worked with my Dad for many years. One would have to understand the relationship between freight and passenger priorities on the rails to understand his comments. He said to me," Your Dad covered more ground in less time than any engineer I ever worked with. He did it within standard rules and boundaries. I still don't know how he managed to do what he did".

I reflect back on a trip our family made to California from Ontario in 1963. I was 15 years old, pre-licensing age; therefore the designated navigator. I had watched my father drive a car and a large locomotive for many years. On our "cross country" oddessy, I was able to predict our arrival time at days end at the chosen destination within 5 minutes, every day, every time. Maybe I was a chip off the old "railroad" block.

I still cherish the memory of that wonderful, talented "railroad man" that was my Dad. I would give anything to re-live the arguments we had about my buying too many muscle cars in the late 60's and early 70's.

My Father was a simple working man who had garnered the respect and love of people from Connecticut to California. I know, because they were ALL there at his funeral. Oh, to be able to walk a mile in the shoes of a Great Man.

I miss him still today, My Father, the Railroad Man."

Sincerely,

James Michael Gowan
 

The End of The Line
by Terance Macartney-Filgate
A great film by the National Film Board of Canada
Click on the image to view


Canadian Northern Rwy . was one of two transcontinental railways, 
the other being the Grand Trunk Pacific  which became the
Canadian National system in 1923. 

 
 
CNR 6183 and 6184 at Truro Nova Scotia, November 10, 1953 
These pictures were submitted by Jeff DeVouge, Truro Nova Scotia.
"I came across the photo while cleaning out an old desk at the Truro Daily News, where I work in the mailroom. Being a rail fan, it was not going in the trash as the rest of the photos were. I've had the photo mounted on my wall ever since."
Photographer unknowen

 
CNR 7183 060 Switcher at at Brantford Ontario, 1949
This picture was submitted by Barry Kelley, Brantford, Ontario

 
 
The following pictures were submitted by John Riley
"My grandfather Walter Riley was first a fireman with the Grand Trunk beginning in 1912 in Truro Nova Scotia, then in the 1920s became an engineer in Montreal. He was engineer of the pilot train that preceded the Royal Train in 1939, and continued working in the capacity of engineer till the mid 1950s. 
I recently found photos of him standing in front of #6401, which I believe was the pilot train on the Royal Tour, another on Grand Trunk engine #518. 
When I was very young my grandfather had a freight route from Montreal to Island Pond, Vermont. On a couple of occasions he would stop the train at the St. Lambert Station just long enough for me to scramble aboard. I got to ride in the cab sitting on his lap, and he�d let me toot the horn at upcoming intersections. My father would ride in the car and pick me up when we stopped 20 miles eastward down the line. Leaning out the cab, even on a slow moving freight was a real thrill for a child. They are great memories to this day. 
At the end of his career his final route was from St-Jean Quebec across the border to Rouses Point NY. He lived halfway along the route at the little village of St. Blaise. From his house he�d drive his car over the border and leave it at the station. He�d pick up a Canadian bound freight and take it to St-Jean. There he�d switch trains for an American bound one, and return it to Rouses Point. After picking up his car he went to a grocery store and regularly brought my mother a tub of margarine (which was illegal to purchase at that time in Quebec). My mother had a special spot in her heart for him doing that. So I guess you could say he began his railway career as a fireman, moved up to engineer, and ended it as a margarine smuggler, but to me I�ll always remember him as a wonderful grandfather, an avid fisherman and great railroad man."
Grand Trunk Rly Train 518 in the 1930s
Grandpa Riley's train ca.1940 CNR 6401
Grand Trunk with Walter Riley 1920
A CNR steam locomotives approaching the south end of Victoria Bridge after leaving the St. Lambert Station in the late 1940s.
This picture was submitted by John Riley and is on loan from Graham MacDonald.
March 5, 2015
CNR No. 6029 is headed east after crossing Victoria Bridge from Montreal, and has just left the St. Lambert Station. It's crossing the Victoria Ave. underpass that allows cars to enter the business section of St. Lambert from communities further south like Greenfield Park.
This picture was submitted by John Riley, is part of the from Normand Simard's collection and dates from 1957


See a page of Canadian Northern Locomotives


 
CNR 3700 and CNR 4014 meeting close up
The above pictures were submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB
The above pictures were submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB
This series of pictures of the Abenaki (CN4014 and CN 3700) were
submitted by Pierre Fournier
 
 
 
 
 
 
This head on collision happened at Dugald MB between two CN passenger trains on Sept. 1, 1947. Thirty one people lost their lives. Amazingly both engines (Mountain class) where returned to service.
The above pictures were submitter by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
This head on collision happened at Dugald MB between two CN passenger trains on Sept. 1, 1947. Thirty one people lost their lives. Amazingly both engines (Mountain class) where returned to service. 
Grand Trunk Pacific Rwy 1912
Grand Trunk Pacific Rwy 1912
 WP73 at Whitehorse YT, 1982
This is not a CNR steam locomotive but it sure is a nice one.
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CN 5700 prior to 1939  with spoke drive wheels
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CN 5700 after 1939 with boxpok drive wheels
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CNR Class K5a 4-6-4 #5700
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the "Jim Parker Collection"
CNR Class K5a 4-6-4 #5704
This picture was taken by Bill Grandin and was submitted by Jim Parker
CN 6044 at Winnipeg Man. May 1940
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CN 5117 at Vancouver BC in early 1939
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
Read more about the Canadian Royal Train, 1939
CN 1125 at Brandon Man
This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CNR Class N4a 2-8-0 #2557 at Hamilton Ont. June 1955
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class K3d 4-6-2 No. 5605 at Toronto Ont. Oct 1946
This picture is part of the Jim Parker collection
CNR Class K3b 4-6-2 "Pacific" type #5588 at Windsor Ont. Sept 1986
This picture was taken by Allan campbell and was submitted by Jim Parker
GTP (Grand Trunk Pacific) 4-4-0  #62
Jim Parker collection

After the Wreck of CNR 2762


These pictures were submitted by Dorothy Lahola Kamloops BC Canada
She had the following to say about the accident.
CNR Engine # 2762 was involved in a mud  slide accident  at Anglsey B.C. in  1947.
My brother, Les Hallmark was the fireman on it and  was badly burned from the steam, but is fine and is now  83.

 
   
CNR 6004
This picture was taken seven years prior to the Canoe River wreck
November 21 1950 East switch at Canoe River mp 82.6 Albreda Sub
This series of pictures was submitted by Alan MacKenzie
The photos are by his father, Carl MacKenzie in Flin Flon, Man between 1955-1962
Across the wing of a DC3 at the old Channing Airport in Flin Flon, Man.
CNR 2738 at Churchill, Man
CNR 2738 at Churchill, Man
These interior shots were taken on the run from Flin Flon to Winnipeg
on the last steam passenger run in Canada 1960

 
These pictures were submitted by Lynn (Hunt) Beach in memory of her father.
Keith Hunt, recently passed away.  He had worked for CNR for over 40 years
and instilled in her a love of "steam" and the railway.
 He was one of the officers of the company who fought to bring 6060 back. 

She mentioned that  6077 - is currently located in a static display in Capreol, 
Ontario (just north of Sudbury).

 
 CNR 4100
 CNR Class T2a 2-10-2 #4104 at Bathurst St. Totonto Ont. 1940's
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the "Jim Parker Collection"
 CNR 4315
 CNR 5107 and 6315
 CNR 5107 and 6315
 CNR 5700 and No 1
 CNR 5700
 CNR 5702
 This picture was submitted by John Grogan
CNR 6205
 CNR 6214, 6210 and 6209
CNR6211 at Fort Erie Ont, July 1959
This picture was submitted by Kevin O'Brien, Fort Erie ON. Kevin presently lives in the house seen in the background of the picture.
 CNR 6211
This picture was submitted by Bob Dingle, Durham,UK. His uncle Archie Smith originated from a small fishing village in Cornwall UK, Gorran Haven, and was recruited to the RAF during the war and trained as a pilot in Canada at Caron. Loco 6211 pulled his train from the east coast across to Carberry. The photo is dated 24th June 1943 and was taken at Hornpaine.
 CNR 6252
This picture was submitted by Bob Dingle, Durham,UK CNR 6252 was passing through Carberry station on 12th Sept 1943 at 6.30am (it was a Sunday!).
CNR 6400 Series
Engine 49 In The Shop
CNR 6225
This picture was submitted by Rod Giles and it was taken by his father possibly during the war or shortly thereafter
Former Grand Trunk Western locomotive 6325 Northern Class
It is shown with the former CPR #1293
Both of these locomotives are now operating on the Ohio Central Railroad.  http://www.ocsteam.com/photos.html 
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Man. Canada
Canadian Northern engine # 172  at Zealandia  SK  in 1909
The Canadian Northern later became part of  the Canadian National system
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Man. Canada
CNR 613
This picture was submitted by Doug Davidge.
His grandfather worked as an engineer for CN up until 1945. This photo of his engine 613 taken in the 1930s;  he is the man seated in the middle (William Davidge). The others in the picture are not known.  This would have most likely been taken in the Edson, AB rail yard. Most of his work was hauling in and out of the Coal Branch area soutwest of Edson.
CNR 5210 at Victoria Beach Manitoba
This picture was submitted by Ernie Parrish
Edmonton Dunvegan British Columbia Rwy  #3016  c.1920
This railway later became part of the Canadian National system
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Man. Canada
CNR 6174 at Kingston Ontario
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
CNR 3328
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada. 
The picture was taken by Addy Schwalm
CNR engine no. 1158 Ten wheeler class on display at The Battlefords SK. 
This class of engine where used on way freight and branch line service.
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba
CNR 5093 Pacific Class at Regina SK  Union Station 
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba
 CNR 5093, displayed at the east gate of the Exhibition Grounds in Regina, Sask., during the mid-70s.

The Pacific-type locomotive was built in 1918 by the Montreal Locomotive Works as oil- burning 4-6-2. (Ser#58330) class J-4-c, for the Canadian Government Railways as  CGR 471. It became CNR 5093 when the Canadian Government formed  "Canadian National Railways" (1918-1923), from a pool of its own locomotives and many others, acquired from near-bankrupt railways all over the country. 

While CPR used Regina as a transcontinental stop, the city was also served by the CNR for local passenger service, which caused the building to be named "Union Station". Every major railway town wanted a steam engine as they were being rapidly scrapped. CNR 5093 was found suitable and purchased in 1964 by the Regina Plains Museum.  The tender however came from CNR locomotive 5139, another 4-6-2. To highlight the locomotive, it was prominently displayed at the east gate of the Exhibition Grounds, where she stayed until July 1995.

In 1991, after VIA Rail ceased serving Regina (January 1990 - mfj),  Union Station  was declared a Provincial Heritage Site, renovated and selected  to house Casino Regina. To emphasize the railway aspect of the area, the Saskatchewan Government which run the Casino, decided to restore the 5093 and move her to the right of the front doors where she is displayed today. Notice the change of  logo on the tender in this picture, from a round "Canadian National Railways" superimposed on a maple leaf http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cnr_steam2/logo_maple_leaf.jpg , to the more simple "Canadian National" tilted wafer shown in the other photo. Another positive point for this view  is that the "engineer's side" is shown, whereas the other photo on the page is the "fireman's side". The cairn in front did not make it to the new display.

 BC Rail 3716 at North Vancouver, May 21 1988
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CNR 6015
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
 CNR6069 at Port Edward Sarnia, ON in the 1980s
 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
Corey beside CN 6015 at Jasper National Park.
This picture was were submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC
CN6156 with Albert Wells Engineer.
This picture was submitted by Stephen Wells. The picture shows his grandfather as engineer
This picture was taken in Charny, Quebec, where his father grew up, and which was an important yard, back in the day; 70% of the city's workforce was employed by CN... 
It is said that Albert Wells drove the first train across the newly completed Quebec bridge, and after the first bridge had collapsed during construction.
CN6157 c. 1936  to 1938
This picture was submitted by Stephen Wells. 
It shows his father Loreing in the bottom left at the age of 9 with his father Albert Wells. It is unknown who is on the engine.
CNR 6167
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
CNR 6167
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
CNR 6167
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
CNR Class U2e 4-8-4 #6167 Oct 1964
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the Frank Smeltzer Collection
CNR Class U2e 4-8-4 #6167
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the Frank Smeltzer Collection
CNR 6169
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
CNR 6153 at Lachine PQ This was The last steam engine into Montreal, 
summer 1961
This picture was submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
He was the dispatcher on duty  that day
CN 3397 Mikado class engine at Armstrong ON c.1955
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Temiscouata Railway 12
These pictures were submitted by Arlana Nickel, Kamloops, BC
This picture was taken by her father Richard E. Miller and the above shows the hand written note on the back of the above picture. 
Engine 12 ran on the Temiscouata Railway which ran from Riviere Du Loupe PQ and Edmunston NB.  and then proceeding along the Saint John River to Connors. The complete line was opened on October 1, 1891 The Temiscouata was purchased by the Canadian National Railway in December 1949 via an act of Parliament and operation was turned over to the CNR
on February 10, 1950.
CNR Class U1f 4-8-2 #6077 
This picture was taken by Allan Campbell and is part of the Jim Parker collection
CNR 5114 making it's last run in Alberta from Edmonton to Camrose in October 28, 1961. 
This run marked the end of steam. They had a final run in ALBERTA to mark the occasion.
This picture shows Mike Stefanyk loading coal on CNR 4303
These pictures were submitted by Larry E. Stefanyk, Campbell River, BC . His father,
Mike Stefanyk was the engineer of that last run with CNR 5114
The following was submitted by Massey F. Jones
Picture at  http://www.imagescn.technomuses.ca/railways/index_choice.cfm?id=57&photoid=
1827902112
The locomotive is coming down the track at Armena Albeta between Edmonton and 
Saskatoon, on its last run in front of an appreciative public.View a picture of her at: http://www.imagescn.technomuses.ca/railways/index_view.cfm?photoid=1827902112
&id=57
CN 5114 is now displayed in the Melville Railway Park at the namesake Museum,
Melville Saskatchewan
http://www.tourismmelville.com/Melville_Railway_brochure.pdf
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http://www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/communities/en_2006_Melville_Sk.asp
Visitors to Melville can learn about Melville's railway heritage at the Melville Railway
Park
that features the former Grand Trunk Railway depot from nearby Duff, Saskatchewan,
and a
CN "Pacific" type steam locomotive, number 5114.
.................
Other links:
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/pstate.cfm?which=Saskatchewan

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/state.cfm?state=Saskatchewan
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http://www.city.melville.sk.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=188 
5114, Class J-4-d, was built by Montreal in August 1919, #61480. 
It was sold to City of Melville, SK, in September 1969. http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1152.htm

The following series of pictures were submitted by Jean Guy Hamel, Quebec, 
Canada and were published with permission of  Jim Parker. Many thanks to 
Jim. Wayne Koch pointed out thatCNR train 6400 was featured alongside big NYC and PRR steam giants, and many others, at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
http://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/worlds_fair/wf_tour/zone-6/trains_of_
the_day_2.htm
CNR 6400
CNR 6400 at Belleville Ont. June 1964
CNR 6400 at Ottawa Ont.
CNR 6403 at Stratford Ont. may 1957
CNR 6404
CNR 6404
 CNR 6404 at Toronto nt.
CNR 6404 Class U4a 4-8-4
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker
CNR 6001 Class U1a 4-8-4 April 1949
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and was taken by Al Paterson
 
 
CN 86 at London Ont 1969
This pictures were submitted by James Booth, Willingdon AB
Engine 86 was manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company 
in 1910. After 48 years of service with the Grand Trunk Railway and 
the Canadian National Railway, it was donated to the city in 1958, commemorating London's 100 year history as a railway centre. 
For more informationon this locomotive visit the
London Public Library site
The following series of pictures were submitted by James Booth, 
Willingdon AB
These pictures were taken by  L.A. Stuckey and are part of the 
collection of James Booth.
They were purchaced by James from L.A. Stuckey in the early 1960's.
CN 324 at Stellerton Nova Scotia, March 1938
CN 404 at Truro Nova Scotia, Dec 1945
CN 406 at Sackville New Brunswick, June 1951
CN 1111 at Campbellton New Brunswick. May 1945
CN 1129 Truro Nova Scotia, Sept 1945
CN 1133 at Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia, Dec 1939
CN 1812 at Moncton New Brunswick Dec,1939
CN 1841  at Moncton  New Brunswick Mar, 1937
CN 2188 at Truro Nova Scotia Dec, 1945
CN 3317 at Truro Nova Scotia Jan, 1946
CN 3453 at Sydney Nova Scotia Jan, 1940
CN 1208 Truro Nova Scotia June, 1946
CNR Class 10h 4-6-0 #1057 at Toronto Ont
 This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the Frank Smeltzer Collection
CNR Class 10h 4-6-0 #1057 at Toronto Ont
 This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the Frank Smeltzer Collection
CN 2114 at Kamloops BC, Fall 1981
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CN 2114 at Kamloops BC, Fall 1981
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CN 2114 at Kamloops BC, Fall 1981
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #845  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #87  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #87  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #903  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #903  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #91  Ontario 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #903
This picture is part of the Jim Parker Collection
CNR Class E10 2-6-0 #903
This picture is part of the Jim Parker Collection

 
The following six very old picture submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB. Jim purchased them from Mr. L A Stuckey while visiting him in the 1960�s 
They were taken by Mr. L A Stuckey. Date taken and location is unknown
Jim had this to say about the pictures. "Given the terrain in the background of each photograph I believe that all the pictures were taken in, or near Transcona Manitoba. That is in a very flat area that extends east almost to the Manitoba/Ontario border. 
As for the CN shops in Transcona"
CNR 214,  Ex CNoR  8 Wheeler built in 1887 Scrapped in May 1936
CNR 378  Ex CNoR  8 Wheeler built in 1909 by MLW
CNR 410
CNR 569
CNR 634  Date and location unknown. L.A. Stuckey Photo
CNR 1247 at Transcona Man July 1939
CNR Class N4a 2-8-0 #2616
This picture is part of the Jim Parker Collection
CNR Class N4a 2-8-0 #2544
This picture is part of the Jim Parker Collection
CNR Class P4f 0-8-0 #8364
This picture is part of the Jim Parker Collection

 
CNR 788 2-6-0 Mogul Type
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker
Intercolonial Railway (ICR), 2-6-0 
This picture was submitted by Jim Parker
CNR Toronto Ont. Spadina Shops, July 1958
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker

 
Art Grieve, Winnipeg, Man. Canada submitted  these maps showing the CNR 
lines in Canada's four western provinces, South Eastern Ontario, 
Western Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces c. 1950
 
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Southeastern Ontario
Western Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces

 
 
CNR 90 and CNR 2649
 
CNR 90 and CNR 2649
CNR 6057
CNR  6188
CNR  6215
CNR  6167
CNR  6070
CNR  3423-6258   Double Header
CNR  3423
CNR  3423
CNR  3431-6101   Double Header
CNR  3456-6214 Circus Train
CNR  3467
CNR  3503
CNR  3509
CNR  6022
CNR  6023
CNR 6031
CNR 6034
CNR 6050
CNR 2410 at Vancouver  BC
CNR 340 at Vancouver  BC 1927
CNR 5117 at Burnaby  BC 1933
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CNR 2434 at Vancouver  BC 1933
CNR 2509 at Vancouver  BC 1938
CNR 3456
CNR 6400 Stream Lined Northern.
This picture was submitted by Art Harris
CNR 2423 at New Westminster  BC 1930
CNR 6014
CNR 6145 at Stratford ON 1950
CNR 6009 at Vancouver BC 1953
   
CNR 7003 at Yard Point  Mann  1931
CNR 6057 At Sioux Look Out
This picture was submitted by Art Harris
CNR 6167
 
This picture was submitted by David Rempel
 
The following  pictures of CNR 3395, CNR 3572 ,
CNR 4092, CNR 6057 CNR 6055 CNR 6147 
CNR 4008 and the Prarie Dog  were submitted by
Art Grieve from Winnipeg.
These pictures where all taken at Sioux Lookout during the mid fifties except for the one noted.
Art  was a brakeman-switchman on the CNR for 35 years.
 
CNR 3395
CNR 3572
   
CNR 4092
 CNR 6057
CNR 6055
CNR 4008
 
This picture is a static display in Rainy River Ontario
 
Art also mentions that Rainy River is the first division point east of Winnipeg on the line to the Lakehead. They only used these engines on grain trains to Rainy. They where awfully hard on track and where restricted to 45 MPH.
 
 
Prarie Dog
CNR 6147
Although this engine is not from the CNR Art thought it would be of interest to my visitors.In his words,
"I included the picture of this ancient  (1880's)locomotive as I thought you might be interested in it. It was a City of Winnipeg Hydro engine until some time in the 1950s. It was used on a line  they operated between Lac du Bonnet and Pointe du Bois, Manitoba. When they abandoned the line a vintage railway outfit got their hands on it, plus  a bunch of ancient coaches, plus about 20 miles of abandoned CN. branch line. It operates in the summer as a tourist line. This summer they rebuilt the boiler on it, so it's as good as new now. "
 
   
CNR 6203 in the Turcot Yards Montreal Sept 1955
Locomotive #3254 was built by Canadian Locomotive Company Ltd in 1917 for the Canadian Government Railways and was transferred to the Canadian National in 1923
   
Canadian National Railway #7470 is viewed on a rare winter excursion to re-enact the famous snow trains of the 1950's. This special train operated on Feb 11, 1989, on the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway NH
CNR 6157
This picture was submitted by Rae Matchett
of Moncton NB Canada
   
CNR'sClass K-3g Pacific (4-6-2), 5612 
Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1959.
CNR 6069 Mountain class (Bullet Nosed Betty)
This picture was submitted by John Buliga
The engine is located in Sarnia Ontario
 
 
CNR 1047 at Fort Langley BC in the thirties
CNR 1450
   
CNR 1583 taken in the Montreal Turcot yard
CNR 1587
   
CNR 1926
CNR 2014
   
CNR 2080
 CNR 6073 Mountain class engine at Jones ON c.1955 
with station and water tower in background
CNR 2729
This picture was submitted by 
John Cross of Pictou Co. Nova Scotia Canada
CNR 4200
This picture was submitted by 
John Cross of Pictou Co. Nova Scotia Canada
   
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CNR 2747 Condolidation class at Transcona MB
CNR 2747 Condolidation class at Transcona MB
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
This engine was built at CNs Transcona shop in the 1920's.
This is one of only two of this class of engine which had stokers.
All the rest where hand bombers.
CNR 3467 & #3457, in 1957
at Bayview Tower, east of Hamilton, Ont
 GTR train snowed up at Chaudiere 1869
   This picture was submitted by Art Harris
CNR 6069 heading west bound. 
Transcontinental passenger train at Sioux Lookout  c.1955
CNR 6075 at Sioux Lookout  c.1955 with ice house in background
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6400 Streamlined Northern 
This train was used to transport King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939
CNR 6400 Streamlined Northern
   
CNR 5702 Hudson
CNR 5702 Hudson
These pictures were submitted by Alan Galloway
CNR 5270 in a static display at Moncton New Brunswick
CNR 5270 in a static display at Moncton New Brunswick
This picture was submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB This picture was submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB
CNR 5270 in a static display at Moncton New Brunswick
CNR 5270 in a static display at Moncton New Brunswick
This picture was submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB This picture was submitted by Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB

 
The Following series of pictures was submitted
by Eldon Snyder of Moncton, New Brunswick and Ken Lyons. I believe that this series is probably the only class of engines where all of them are shown on this page.
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CN 45 with engineer Andy Lyons, at Turcot yard prior to its run with the Montreal -Vaudreuil commuter train. 
These Suburban type engines were
used forwards and backwards pullling the cars.
This picture was submitted by Ken Lyons
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CN 46
CN 47
This following series of pictures wase submitted by 
Eldon Snyder of Moncton NB
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CN 48
CN 49
   
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CN 50
CN 81
   
CN 6200
CN 6200
Delivered to CN June 1942
 
CN 6200
CN 6200
   
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CN 5267
CN 5252 Interior View taken in 1938
Eldon had the following to say about this picture.
"Here is a picture of the steam engine that rode the rails between Moncton and Cape Tormentine (PEI Train). I rode in this engine when I was about 12 and got to blow the whistle for a few crossings between Cape Tormentine and Sackville. I had to get out in Sackville because there wasn't any stops from there to Moncton. 
My dad was baggage man on that train."
 
CNR Mountain Class 6043
CNR Mountain Class 6043
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada  This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6015 at Jasper Alberta
 CNR 6100 Northern class at Sioux Lookout c.1955
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6100 Northern class at Sioux Lookout c.1955
CNR 6073 at Sioux Lookout
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6147 at Sioux Lookout
CNR 6073 at Sioux Lookout
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
Sandy Lake MB Station and Canadian Northern engine c.1910 
CNR 5118 at Jasper AB 1923
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6015 at Jasper AB
 
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada
CNR 6043
CNR 6043
CN 6043 Mountain class engine on it's arrival at Winnipeg MB station on April 25,1960, This was the last regularly sheduled steam powered train to operate on CN lines. It headed train # 76 from
Le Pas MB to Winnipeg.
This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada This picture was submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada

 
The following series of pictures was submitted
by Brian Adams.
Brian's grandfather was a train engineer working
out of Winnipeg.
The last picture is some art work by Brian showing his grandfather in the steam.

 
CNR 1357
CNR 2665
CNR 2732
CNR 3577
CNR 4303
CNR 6062
CNR 6077
CNR 6077

The Quibel wreck CNR 6053 August 1954
 Pictures submitted by Art Grieve of Winnipeg Man. Canada


   

 
John Cross of Pictou Co. Nova Scotia, Canada gave me a copy of the 150 pictures that he had purchased at a Donny Pidgeon auction and I wrote a second page for these pictures.
Some of these pictures are very rare and some show the steam engines that were used in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Please click be below to view this page.

Click here to go to page two of the CNR Steam Engines


In the late 1950's, Canadian steam locomotives were  being phased out in favor of diesel engines.  The images in the following Galleries capture those last magical days... 
This site features 75 images taken by the late 
Del Rosamond highlighting the final days of Canadian steam in Ontario.

 
 
 
Links
Visit our Home in Summerville Nova Scotia. This house was built in 1873.
Where we live and what we do
A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville
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The Halifax & South-Western Museum
Robot Cars
The Newfoundland Railway
Canadian Railway Artifacts
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And Old Railway Rolling Stock
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Canadian National Railways Motive Power Statistics Index
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The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society
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Historic Aircraft Pictures
Visit John's Old Car and Truck Pictures
The Yard Limit's page on the
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CN Pensioners' Association
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For all you steam fans, this page is a must

Visit Lonnie Hedgepeth's 
of Rocky Mount, North Carolina site.
He has used the plans provided on Covered Bridge Plans  webpage and is
building a Covered Bridge for his Live Steam train.
The building trades class at Darlington HS in Darlington, Wisconsin built this covered bridge for a local business man
 Tour the 64 remaining Covered Bridges  of New Brunswick
The Covered Bridges that once dotted Nova Scotia.
Lilies From the Valley
A Vast selection of Oriental and Asiatic previously cut commercially grown bulbs ready for shipment anywhere in Canada
Visit my Jeep page
A Picture Review of the Jeeps
from 1940 to the present
A Picture Review of the 
Nash, Hudson 
and the cars of American Motors
A Picture Review of the Hudsons and Terraplanes
that were found in Australia
A Picture Review Studebaker
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Pickup Truck from 1940 to 1969
A Picture review of the Volkswagen
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A Picture Tour of the Crosley
A Picture Review of the Chevrolet
from 1916 tto 1970
A Picture Review of the Ford
from 1908 to 1969
The Chrysler Airflow
View some of John Evan's  Artwork
View some of
John' Evan's Artwork
This site has quite a collections 
of John's artwork.
View these old cars as you haven't before.
Eric Gordon's Kaiser Rebuild
There are many pictures showing the 
details of this Rebuild
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