Steam & Excursion > Last Canadian-Built Steam

I've tried asking this question in a variety of other places on the Web and I never seem to get an answer, so I'll try here. What were the last steam locomotives built for Canadian Railroads by Montreal Locomotive Works and the Canadian Locomotive Company and when were they built? And if there were any foreign steam engines built by them after that, when were they built? I'm also asking this question in the Canadian Railroads thread.

SD80MACfan Wrote:
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> What were the last steam
> locomotives built for Canadian Railroads by
> Montreal Locomotive Works and the Canadian
> Locomotive Company and when were they built?

From a Trains mag discussion: ". . . the last [CLC] steam was shipped in September 1956. Here is a list of steam orders from 1948 until the end of steam production in 1956.

30 4-6-2 for the CPR, April to August 1948

60 2-8-2 for India, October 1948 to February 1949

80 4-6-2 for India, May 1949 to February 1950. These were the last steam built using CLC made boilers and castings. From then on MLW supplied the boilers and freight car builder CC&F the castings.

10 2-8-2 for India, April 1950. Metre gauge,6 4-8-2 for Brazil. November and December 1950. These had MLW builders plates!

120 4-6-2 India, March 1955 to September 1956.

An advertisement from 1960 shows that CLC was still willing to build steam, although after 1956 no more were ever made."



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/22/17 10:10 by CPR_4000.

Chad O'Connor shot 16mm film detailing the full cycle of construction of  locomotive being built for India in the early 50's. He was kind enough to show a group of us this and many, many other films he shot from the late forties to the end of steam.

​His entire, 30,000 ft, collection was acquired by Pentrex several years ago. I don't know if they have ever released his films.

 

Drury's Guide shows 65 U-2g,h 4-8-4s built for CN by Montreal between 1942 and 1944, plus 20 U-1 4-8-2s for CN by Montreal in 1944, including 6060.