#1286
Canadian National class I-8 4-6-0
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1906· class of 40 Canadian 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
Canadian National Railway (CN) Class I-8 steam locomotives were of 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 2'C " in UIC classification. These locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1906 through 1908 for passenger service.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 120 years ago, in 1906.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1908
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Montreal Locomotive Works, Grand Trunk Railway, Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Grand Trunk Railway, Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16851405, Wikipedia: Canadian National class I-8 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.