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CN electric multiple unit
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Canadian Car and Foundry· from 1952· Canadian electric railcars
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- 1. CN 6731 (22651620460): Roger Puta· Public domain
what is it?
The CN electric multiple units were a fleet of electric multiple unit (EMU) railcars built in 1952 by Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) for the Canadian National Railway for use on the Deux-Montagnes line in Montreal. The cars remained in use until June 2, 1995 when the reconstruction started. The MR-90 entered service late in 1995.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 43 years (1952–1995).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Canadian Car and Foundry
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- weight
- 71.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088479, Wikipedia: CN electric multiple unit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.