#1842
Canadian National Class O-18-a
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Grand Trunk Railway· from 1919· class of 50 Canadian 0-6-0 switching locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Canadian National 7470 at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire. August 2019: grassrootsgroundswell· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
CN O-18-a is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives formerly owned by Canadian National Railways. They were switchers built by the Grand Trunk Railway's Point St. Charles Shops.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1921
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Grand Trunk Railway
- operators
- Grand Trunk Railway, Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 78.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5013223, Wikipedia: Canadian National Class O-18-a (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.