| Still in revenue service, this CN 4-6-2 Pacific #5280 heads up a passenger train pulling through the Turcot Yard in Montreal. Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1918, it was originally built as CGR #508, became GTR 1508 and eventually in 1923 merger as CN 5280. Specs - serial #60475, class J-7-b, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x28" cylinders, approximate engine weight of 268,000 lb and tractive effort of 39,736 lb. The loco was finally scrapped in August of 1961. H. L. Goldsmith photo |