| Ready for a run with a long string of passenger cars, possibly at the Montreal station, is the Montreal Locomotive Works built 4-8-4 Confederation (CN's label for a Northern) #6201. Built in June of 1943, the loco barely served 17 years before being scrapped in April of 1960. Specs - serial #69699, class U-2-g, 73" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 25.5x30" cylinders,engine weight of 400,300 lb, tractive effort of 56,786 lb. Note on the back "On the Scotian, 3rd section" S.K. Bolton, Jr photo |