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Pages in category "Locomotive manufacturers of Canada" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
A turntable for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Turnplates at the Park Lane goods station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1831. Early wagonways were industrial railways for transporting goods—initially bulky and heavy items, particularly mined stone, ores and coal—from one point to another, most often to a dockside to be loaded onto ships. [4]
It also assembled two 630 class 2-8-2 locomotives with parts acquired from the War Assets Administration in 1948. [38] Ramcar, Inc. — Also constructed and assembled railmotors alongside the MRR. Although it still survives as the Ramcar Group of Companies, its rolling stock business ended during World War II. [39]
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
Hose for conveying force to train brakes by a differential in air pressure. Contains either high-pressure compressed air or air at lower than atmospheric pressure (vacuum), depending on whether the locomotive has an air brake or vacuum brake system. [6]: 483–486 [3]: 1 Water compartment Tank for water to be used by the boiler to produce steam.
The Hull–Chelsea–Wakefield Railway was a 33 km (20.5 mi) heritage railway in Quebec, Canada, running tourist trains through the scenic Gatineau Hills and beside the Gatineau River between Hull (part of the city of Gatineau) and the tourist town of Wakefield (part of La Pêche municipality) from May to October, using a 1907 Swedish steam locomotive, E2 class number 909, [7] and 1940s-built ...
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Last CP steam locomotive to pull an official train, on November 6, 1960. Canadian Pacific 374: 4-4-0: 1886 built Engine 374 Pavilion, Vancouver, British Columbia: Pulled first CPR transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver, in 1887 Countess of Dufferin: Steam 4-4-0: 1872 built Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba