Equipment

When the railway was completed in 1893, motive power consisted of four locomotives. Other locomotives were utilized on the line by Canadian Northern and Canadian National.

Road Number: 1

“Rogers”
Type: 0-4-0/4-4-0
Built: ?
Serial Number: N/A
Manufacturer: ?
42″ drivers
Scrapped: 1912
Notes:
Delivered in 1889; first engine on the line (likely from the Kingston & Pembroke Ry). Heavily damaged in an engine fire in January 1891 and required extensive repairs.
Wood Burner
Nicknamed “Black Auntie.” There was an image of a woman carved on the firebox door, and apparently the image resembled that of an African-Canadian woman who ran a brothel in Port Arthur named Julia Ann Roy. There is also some debate on the configuration of this locomotive. Some accounts state this was an 0-4-0, while an 1899 document and the photo below clearly show that it is a 4-4-0. Ended her career as a boiler for the CNoR roundhouse in Atikokan, ON.

Road Number: 2

“Kingston”
Type: 4-4-0
Built: 1890
Serial Number: S/N 386
Manufacturer: Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston, ON
17″ x 24″ cylinders
62″ drivers
140psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: A-1-a
Haulage Rate: 11%
Scrapped: Trenton, ON September 24th, 1918
Notes:
Purchased new from CLC. Renumbered: Canadian Northern Railway 1; August 1897

Road Number: 3

“Grand Trunk”
Type: 4-4-0
Built: 1891
Serial Number: ?
Manufacturer: Canadian Locomotive Company
16″ x 24″ cylinders
62″ drivers
140 psi boiler pressure
Scrapped: c. 1910
Notes:
Probably purchased from the Grand Trunk Railway.

Road Number 4

“Kingston”
Type: 2-6-0
Built: October 1889
Serial Number: S/N 365
Manufacturer: Canadian Locomotive Company
18″ x 24″ cylinders
58″ drivers
150 psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: D-1-a
Haulage Rate: 17%
Scrapped: June 1927
Notes:
Purchased second-hand from the Qu’Appelle, Long Lake & Saskatchewan Railway in 1892. Renumbered: P.A.D & W 1; Canadian Northern Railway 19, August 1897; Canadian Northern Railway 107, 1912; Canadian National Railway 470, 1920. Click here for a diagram of the class.

Road Number: C.No.R 30

Type: 4-4-0
Built: August 1871
Serial Number: S/N 275
Manufacturer: Rhode Island Locomotive Works
17 x 24″ cylinders
59″ drivers
140 psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: A-10-a
Haulage Rate: 13%
Scrapped: April 1912
Notes:
Originally Quebec and Lake St. John Railway #3 “J.B. Renaud.”

Road Number: C.No.R 108

Type: 2-6-0
Built: April 1889
Serial Number: S/N 368
Manufacturer: CLC
18 x 24″ cylinders
58″ drivers
150 psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: D-1-a
Haulage Rate: 17%
Scrapped: June 1927
Notes:
Originally built for the Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway. Renumbered: Canadian National 471, 1920

Road Number: C.N.R 1050

Type: 4-6-0
Built: 1902
Serial Number: S/N 544
Manufacturer: CLC
19 x 24″ cylinders
56″ drivers
180 psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: G-10-a
Haulage Rate: 26%
Scrapped: 1937

Notes:
Click here for a diagram of the class.

Road Number: C.N.R 1059

Type: 4-6-0
Built: 1903
Serial Number: S/N 587
Manufacturer: CLC
19 x 24″ cylinders
56″ drivers
180 psi boiler pressure
CN Type Classification: G-10-b
Haulage Rate: 26%

*Portions of this information were taken from the article, “Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want!”, Canadian Rail Magazine, Nov 1974.

Rolling Stock, as of June 30th, 1891

2 Locomotives
2 Box Cars
45 Flat Cars

Rolling Stock, as of June 30th, 1895

4 Locomotives
2 First Class Cars
4 Second Class Cars
2 Baggage, Mail & Express Cars
10 Box Cars
85 Flat Cars

Rolling Stock, at the time of Sale

4 Locomotives
2 Passenger Cars:
1 Capacity 50, Miller coupler, air brake
1 Capacity 56, Miller coupler, hand brake
2 Baggage, Mail & Passenger Cars:
Capacity 20 each, link & pin coupler, hand brake
4 Vans:
Link & pin coupler, hand brake
10 Box Cars:
1 Capacity 10 tons, link & pin coupler, hand brake
9 Capacity 20 tons, link & pin coupler, hand brake
80 Flat Cars:
Capacity 20 tons, link & pin coupler, hand brake
1 Flange Car
1 Snow Plow
6 Hand Cars
2 Velocipedes