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Canadian National class O-8 0-6-0T
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Grand Trunk Railway· from 1884· class of 44 Canadian 0-6-0T locomotives
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what is it?
Canadian National Railway class O-8 was a class of 0-6-0T type steam locomotives. Forty-four tank locomotives were built by the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) in their Point St. Charles shops from 1884 through 1895.
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 142 years ago, in 1884.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1884–1895
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 44
- 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
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16955330, Wikipedia: Canadian National class O-8 0-6-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.