H.L. Goldsmith caught this CN 4-6-2 Pacific #5251 in storage at the Montreal Turcot Yard awaiting its final retirement and scrapping in September of 1961. Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1918 as CRG #478, it was entered onto the CNR roster in 1919 as CN #5251. Specs - serial #59463, class J-7-a, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x28" cylinders, approximate engine weight of 268,000 lb and tractive effort of 39,736 lb. |