Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724
Locomotive· unitNames and numbers
Burlington and Lamoille Mansfield
1877 – 1883
CA 8
1883 – 1884
CA 4
1884 – 1898
CA 724
1898 – 1905-1
GT 1312
1905-1 – 1906-6
Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724
date unknown
Dimensions
as reportedCylinder Diameter: 16"
Cylinder Stroke: 24"
Weight on drivers in running order: 71,700 lbs
Total weight: 58 1/2 tons
Cylinder Stroke: 22"
Weight on tender truck: 45,660 lbs.
Drivers: 49"
Cylinder Diameter: 16"
Drivers: 50"
History
17 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | Built by Mason as Burlington and Lamoille Mansfield | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1877-7-7 | Delivered to Burlington and Lamoille | Wallace p121 | |
| 1883 | Acquired as CA 8 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1884 | Renumbered CA 4 Note the original #4/Casselman had been sold to Montreal and Sorel by this time, and so, it is possible. However, I have seen no other reference to this numbering. Furthermore, if she really did bear this number for some 14 years, why have we no photographs, while we have at least three as #8? | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1886 | Loaned by B&L to Canada Atlantic. Mr Linsley reported very favourably about the engine's performance,pulling a train of 792 tons, (tare 312 tons, load 480 tons). Ran two miles near St Polycarpe in 4.17 minutes; highest steam pressure was 140, lowest 125 lbs. The date given by Wallace is almost certainly incorrect as the reference refers to an "exhibition freight train run over the finished portion of this road" (Alexandria to St Polycarpe). | Wallace p121 | |
| 1886-05 | Refitted with Westinghouse air brake | Ottawa Journal, 1886-05-17. Thanks to David Jeanes. | |
| 1886-05-17 | The express locomotive "No. 4" of the Canada Atlantic Railway, which was being reconstructed for some time past at the Elgin Street shops, will be ready for its trial trip about the end of the present week Among other improvements made the the engine, which will run between Ottawa and St. Albans, VT., is the putting in of the Westinghouse air brake. | Ottawa Journal, May 17, 1886. Thanks to Colin Churcher. | |
| 1893-05-20≥ | By May 20, 1893, No. 4 shunter had collided in the C.A.R. yards, on the previous Thursday evening, with a boxcar a little foul of the track; the shock badly damaged the shunter's cabin, nearly tearing it off the locomotive, and the track was left covered with glass and bits of iron. The men running the engine escaped serious injury, only jostled by the cabin being torn down above their heads; both boxcar and shunter went in for repairs. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898 | Renumbered CA 724 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1905-1 | Renumbered GT 1312 | Railroad History #147 | |
| 1906-6 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 | |
| ? Railroad History #147 | Rebuilt as 0-6-0 | ||
| As B&L Mansfield, PA 178443 | |||
| As #8 Bell p.44, N.A.C. C-6320, CAR Old Boys Collection. | |||
| As CA 8, MacKay p100 | |||
| As CA 8, Bell p44, C6320 | |||
| As CA 724, pushed into the weeds behind the Ottawa East roundhouse. |
Notes
This was evidently the only Mason Bogie to run on standard gauge in Canada. Evidently it was also the first locomotive with Walschaert valve gear in Canada [David Jeanes correspondence].