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. |