Confederation locomotive

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.^[1] Eight locomotives of this type have been preserved from the CNR and CPR fleets.

CN 6153 Class U-2-c on display at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson/Saint-Constant, Quebec

CN 6167 Class U-2-e on display at Guelph, Ontario

CN 6400 Class U-4-a on display at the 1939 New York World's Fair "Railroads on Parade" exhibit

References

1. Viaud, Jean-Paul (2002). Portrait of the Collection, Canadian Railway Museum. Imprimerie Létourneau. p. 20. ISBN 2-9804089-1-3.

External links

• CN "Confederations" at Steam Locomotive.com - retrieved 11 May 2008
• CP "Confederations" at Steam Locomotive.com - retrieved 11 May 2008
• CN 6153 at Steam Locomotive.info - retrieved 11 May 2008
• CN 6167 at GHRA.ca - retrieved 25 May 2008
• CN 6200 at Railpictures.net - retrieved 19 May 2008
• CN 6218 at the Fort Erie Railroad Museum - retrieved 19 May 2008
• CN 6400 (and others) photo gallery - retrieved 12 May 2008
• CP 3100 at Railroadforums.com - retrieved 19 May 2008
• CP 3101 at Railarchive.net - retrieved 19 May 2008