Locomotive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM/4-8-4/STANDARD GAUGE
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0010.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd.
- MODEL
- U-2G
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 69698
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/ CAST-IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.5 m
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 4.8 m
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MLW
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNKNOWN
- Canada
-
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE 4-8-4 WHEEL ARRANGEMENT FAVOURED BY CNR/ FIRST OF THE U-2G CLASS BUILT (NOS. 6200 - 6234) - Function
-
PASSENGER/ FREIGHT - Technical
-
DUE TO THE WIDE VARIATION OF PERMISSABLE AXLE LOADINGS ON THE CNR (DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE STANDARDS OF THE RAILWAYS FROM WHICH THE SYSTEM DERIVED) THE 4-8-4 WHEEL ARRANGEMENT WAS WIDELY USED IN ORDER TO SPREAD THE LOCOMOTIVE WEIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE CNR FLEET OF 203 "NORTHERNS" WAS LARGEST IN NAM IF NOT WORLD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- F.W. PUMP ON LOAN TO BC GOVT. (SEE 6368-33 LOAN FILE)/ MAIN RODS AND ACCESSORIES STORED
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT OVERALL
- Decoration
- ENGINE NO. - YELLOW/ ENGINE TIRES - WHITE/ HERALDS, ETC. NOT APPLIED DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF VANDALISM WHILE ON DISPLAY IN TECHNOLOGY PARK
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Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd., Locomotive, 1942, Artifact no. 1967.0010, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1967.0010.001/
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