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The Canadian National’s 4-8-4 U-4s were striking machines from any angle. Colors were black with green stripes, cab, and tender, accented by gold trim and white tires. This scene is at Spadina roundhouse in Toronto, on March 10, 1957.
Jim Shaughnessy photo
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Remember that the Canadian National Class U-4a was a class of 5 streamlined 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotives they were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1936 for the CNR, numbered 6400 to 6404.
These engines were used for crack passenger service on the Canadian National Railway for much of their careers.
Between 1960, and 1961 all but one of the U-4-As were sold for scrap once diesels had replaced these locomotives. Today there’s only one member of this class that still exists No. 6400 which is on public display at the National Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa, Canada.
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