#2766
Canadian National Class U-1-f
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1944· class of 20 Canadian two-cylinder 4-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. Capreol ON 2: P199· Public domain
- 2. CN 6077: Mcbda99p· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Canadian National Railways U-1-f class locomotives were a class of twenty 4-8-2 or Mountain type locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944. They were numbered 6060–6079 by CN and nicknamed "Bullet Nose Bettys" due to their distinctive cone-shape smokebox door cover.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944–1945
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5013230, Wikipedia: Canadian National Class U-1-f (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.