Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #610
Locomotive· unitPart of Canada Atlantic 4-4-0s #608-611
Names and numbers
CA 15
1888-1 – 1898
CA 610
1898 – 1905-1
GTR 1322
1905-1 – 1910
GTR 2121
1910 – 1923
CN 246
1923 – 1924-12
Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #610
date unknown
History
8 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888-1 | Built by Baldwin as CA 15 C/N 9005 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1888-02-11 | "The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have added a large new engine to their rolling stock. The size of the engine can be imagined from the fact that the tender carries eight tons of coal and 3,800 gallons of water. The new engine will run between Montreal and Ottawa." This is almost certainly this engine | Ottawa Journal. Thanks to Colin Churcher. | |
| 1890-11-10 | 'No. 15,' a splendid new engine, was rebuilt at the C.A.R. shops on Elgin Street, manufactured originally by the Baldwin Foundry company of Philadelphia but entirely rebuilt in the C.A.R. workshops under the direct supervision of Mr. Donaldson. She is a 17 x 24 cylinder engine, four wheels coupled, with an Eames brake, driving wheels 5 feet 8.5 inches in diameter, fitted with full equipment for heating the cars (dispensing with stoves), intended for about fifty miles an hour, and painted dark olive green and gold bearing 'C.A.R. 15'. The C.A.R. express from Ottawa to Montreal was taken down by the new engine on its first complete journey; its trial trip on the preceding Saturday, from the Elgin Street depot, ran 12 miles to Eastman's and back, in 8 minutes for the return 12 miles at a pressure of 140. | Ottawa Journal 1890-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-11-08(Says 'No. 15' would 'shortly be turned out of the ...) | |
| 1898 | Renumbered CA 610 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1905-1 | Renumbered GTR 1322 Class J1 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1910 | Renumbered GTR 2121 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1923 | Renumbered CN 246 Class B-9-b | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1924-12 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |