New Power for Canadian National Trains

New Power
for Canadian
National Trains

TO MEET the demands of increased traffic to seaboard, due to war conditions, the Canadian National Railways placed orders for 25 new locomotives as follows:
     Fifteen equipped with boosters from Montreal Locomotive Works, Ltd.
     Ten without boosters from Canadian Locomotive Works, Kingston, Ontario.
     The booster-equipped engines are classified by the railway as U-2-e, Road Nos. 6165-6179, while those without boosters are U-2-f, Road Nos. 6180-6189.
     At the time of going to press twelve of the new locomotives, booster-equipped, have been delivered. Ten of these will be assigned to service on the Atlantic Region and when delivery is completed, five will be used on the Central Region.

Reprint from CANADIAN NATIONAL MAGAZINE, May, 1940

THE PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE ONE

TOP: One of the first fifteen new locomotives
ready for service. LEFT: Master Mechanic N. Kerr
and Chief Locomotive Inspector C. H. Lockhart
look over mechanical lubricator which lubricates
cylinder valves and guides. BOTTOM, LEFT:
Backhead of boiler before cab is attached showing
automatic stoker. BOTTOM, RIGHT: Welding
around motion, right side.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE TWO

RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Forging an axle
under steam hammer... Turning crank pin in
lathe... Eccentric crank, before fitting to main
crank pin... View of eccentric crank and main
connection. LEFT TOP: Turrets on top of boiler
and ahead of cab. BOTTOM: View of one of the
sand pipes to driving wheel and brake adjuster.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE THREE
TOP: General view of locomotive boiler with lagging partly applied. CENTRE, LEFT: View in smokebox showing main steam pipe, superheater header and units. RIGHT: Men stand upright to work in smokebox. BOTTOM: Piping under lagging and supports for air pump and feed water heater pump.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE FOUR
TOP: The new locomotive almost ready for delivery. CENTRE, LEFT: A lamp in the cab throws its beams of light on each of the five pressure gauges. CENTRE, RIGHT: Master Mechanic Kerr, Locomotive Designer R. F. Walker and Chief Inspector Lockhart give the blueprint
a final look-over. BOTTOM, LEFT: President Hungerford (left), John Roberts (centre), and Vice-President N. B. Walton inspect a newly-delivered engine. RIGHT: Out of the shop and ready to go.

New Power For Canadian National Trains
Thoroughly modern in every respect and closely following the general design of the heavy 4-8-4-6100 class in service on the railway for the past decade, the new locomotives embody features which are regarded as improvements, where experience has shown the need of such from the standpoint of maintenance or efficiency. The cylinders are modified to provide increased bolting to frames and smokebox, and steam and exhaust ports have more direct and liberal area. The dry pipe and steam pipes are enlarged somewhat to remove restrictions to the flow of steam from boiler to cylinders. There are roller bearings on all engine truck, trailer truck and tender truck axles. Boxpok driving wheel centres of General Steel Castings Co. design are used and there are floating bush rod bearings at all crank pins. H.T. type standard stoker, A.A.R. front end arrangement and side wing type deflectors for smoke lifting, are the main features wherein these locomotives differ from their predecessors. Equipped with Baker long travel valve gear, the fifteen U-2-e locomotives have a valve setting suitable for freight service, while the ten U-2-f have a setting for service in either fast freight or passenger operation. All locomotives have Elesco type "E" superheater, American multiple front end throttle and Tangential dryer and Elesco type feed water heater with C.F. pump, L.H, side. Hancock type "W" non-lifting injector R.H.	side. S.K.F. roller bearings on all trucks, engine and tender. Floating bush driving boxes (main driving axles) and crown bearing boxes on front, intermediate and back. American Locomotive Company's lateral motion device on front drivers. Constant resistance engine and trailer trucks, General Steel Castings Corporation rocker type. Inside type of cradle. Franklin radial buffer type E-1. Franklin unit safety bar. Wakefield mechanical lubricator to steam chest, cylinders and guide bars. Westinghouse cross-compound air compressor and E.T. brake equipment. Barco type M-1 power reverse gear. The tenders are C.N. Railway standard Vanderbilt type, with the heavy bottom plate acting as a frame to which draw and centre castings are riveted and welded. The stoker engine is housed in a compartment in the rear of the stoker trough which is of plate with cast steel ends all welded into the tank structure. Both riveting and welding are employed in the tank body. The water capacity is 11,600 gallons, while 20 [actually 18 - J.D.] tons of coal can be carried in the coal hopper. The tender trucks are six-wheeled G.S.C.C. type, cast steel. The boilers are equipped with two Locomotive Firebox Company's syphons and the brick arch is supported on these and three 3" O.D. arch tubes. A 48" combustion chamber is embodied in the firebox.	The boiler shell of silicon steel consists of three courses-straight top, taper bottom-80'/s" L.D. at front and 90" O.D. third course, the dome is located on second or taper course. The U-2-e class will all be in service by the end of May and the U-2-f during the summer months. The salient features of the new U-2-e class locomotive are driving wheels of 73" diameter; a tractive effort of 56,800 lbs.; tractive effort of booster, 10,300 lbs.; total weight of engine, 402,700 lbs.; total weight, engine and tender, 686,950 lbs.; total length, overall, 94' 3'/s ". The first of the new locomotives for use on the Atlantic Region, No. 6165, arrived at Moncton recently with a load of freight cars. Shortly after arrival it was placed at the railway station and was viewed by a large number of railwaymen and interested spectators. Among these were W. U. Appleton, Regional Vice-President and General Manager; W. E. Robinson, General Superintendent of Transportation, and W. E. Barnes, General Superintendent of Motive Power and Car Equipment, Atlantic Region. These locomotives can haul freight trains of 100 or more cars at lower speeds and trains of from 50 to 75 cars at speeds in excess of 55 miles an hour. While primarily intended for freight service, they are capable of speeding over the rails with passenger trains of 15 to 20 cars at from sixty to eighty miles an hour.

THE CANADIAN NATIONAL 6400 The "6400" locomotive of the Canadian National Railways, which hauled the Royal Train in Canada, is a worthy representative of railroad development on this continent. The Royal "6400" and other locomotives of the same type in use on the Canadian National System and on the Grand Trunk Western Lines are among the most powerful and serviceable engines in operation on North American rails. In regular daily service they cover from 10,000 to 14,000 miles every month, more than three times the distance between New York and San Francisco. They have been covering this big monthly mileage consistently ever since they were placed in service three years ago, operating between Montreal, Toronto and Sarnia and between Port Huron and Chicago in fast passenger service on the route of the International Limited to and from Chicago. Designed and made in Canada, the 5400-type locomotives follow a streamlining plan which makes them a striking and beautiful example of modern motive power. They are capable of reaching a speed of 100 miles an hour.
	Some of the principal features of Locomotive 6400 are:
	Cylinders, 24 ins. x 30 ins. Diameter of Driving Wheels, 6 ft. 5 ins. Tractive Power, 52,000 lbs. Grate Area, 73.6 square feet. Overall Wheel Base, 82 feet 8 1/4 ins. Overall Length, 94 feet 7 3/4 ins. Tender Capacity-Water, 11,700 Imperial Gallons. Tender Capacity-Coal, 18 Tons.	Weights Engine Truck, 61,000 lbs. Total Weight on Driving Wheels 236,000 lbs. Trailing Truck, 82,800 lbs. Total Weight of Engine, 379,800 lbs. Tender, 284,200 lbs. Total Weight of Engine and Tender, 664,000 lbs.

4102 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. CANADIAN NATIONAL 2-10-2 TYPE.
Overall length 92'-7 3/4". Total Weight 655,040 lbs. Dia. of Driving Wheels 57". Boiler Pressure 200 lbs. per square inch. Tender-Coal
capacity 16 tons. Water capacity 11,000 Imperial Gallons. These locomotives are equipped with boosters. Total Tractive Power 91,700 lbs.

5700 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. CANADIAN NATIONAL 4-6-4 TYPE.
Overall length 92'-6 1/4". Total Weight 662,200 lbs. Dia. of Driving Wheels 80". Boiler Pressure 275 lbs. per square inch. Tender-Coal
Capacity 18 tons; Water capacity 14,000 Imperial Gallons. These locomotives are equipped with Boosters. Total Tractive Power 53,300 lbs.

6000 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. CANADIAN NATIONAL 4-8-2 TYPE.
Overall length 90'-4 1/4". Total Weight 602,600 lbs. Dia. of Driving Wheels 73". Boiler Pressure 201 lbs. per square inch. Tender-Coal
Capacity 19 tons; water capacity 10,000 Imperial Gallons. Tractive Power 49,600 lbs.

700 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. CENTRAL VERMONT 2-10-4 TYPE.
Overall length 94'-11". Total Weight 688,600 lbs. Dia. of Drivers 60". Boiler Pressure 250 lbs. per square inch. Tender-Coal Capacity
18 1/2 tons; Water Capacity 13,500 U.S. Gallons. These locomotives are equipped with boosters. Total Tractive Power 89,900 lbs.

6300 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN 4-8-4 TYPE.
Overall Length 94'-1 5/8". Total Weight 666,500 lbs. Dia. of Driving Wheels 73". Boiler Pressure 250 lbs. per square inch. Tender-Coal
capacity 18 tons; water capacity 13,500 U.S. Gallons. Tractive Power 60,200 lbs.

THE Canadian National Railways is the largest railway system on the North American Continent. With subsidiary services it forms one of the greatest transportation systems in the world.
     It has 24,000 miles of track and reaches every important town and city in Canada. It also operates direct regular freight and passenger service to many points in the United States. With its connecting lines it reaches practically every point on the North American Continent.
     Trans-Canada Air Lines, owned by the Canadian National Railways, operates a double daily passenger, air mail and express service between Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, North Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Lethbridge and Vancouver; daily service between Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto; between Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton and between Vancouver and Seattle. It has connections with Charlottetown, Summerside, Halifax and Saint John; with Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Prince Albert and North Battleford; with Victoria; with the northern areas of Canada as far as the Arctic and with a number of U.S. lines.
     Canadian National West Indies Steamships operate a regular freight and passenger service from Montreal, Halifax and Boston to Bermuda, the West Indies and British Guiana.

     Canadian National Alaska Steamships operate a regular freight and passenger service between Vancouver and other British Columbia ports and Skagway. The Prince Robert, flagship of the C. N. Alaska fleet, carried the King and Queen from Victoria, on Vancouver Island, to Vancouver City during their Canadian tour.
     Canadian National Telegraphs operate a service to 75,000 points in Canada, United States and Mexico with a cable service to all parts of the world. Canadian National Telegraphs have 166,000 miles of telegraph wires in Canada. Their U. S. connection is the Western Union.
     Canadian National operates a chain of year-round and resort hotels extending across Canada, including Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper National Park, situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.
     Canadian National Express covers the Dominion both by rail and air. Through affiliated companies the Canadian National accepts express for points throughout the world.
     The Canadian National maintains freight and passenger offices in the principal cities of the United States.