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Confederation locomotive
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1927· class of Canadian American 4-8-4 Northern Type locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CN 6167: en:user:JYolkowski· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DSC01252 - Canadian National 6400 (29773077267): Dennis G. Jarvis· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Canadian National Confederation Locomotive type or the Canadian National U Classes is a type of Canadian steam locomotive with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement used on Canadian railways. Most were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in Montreal, Quebec, and the Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC) in Kingston, Ontario, for the Canadian National Railway (CNR) including Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio . The "Confederation" type was later given the more common designation "Northern" type.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 29 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1944
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 203
- kind
- other
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian National Railway, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4
- length
- 29 m
- weight
- 172 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4345722, Wikipedia: Confederation locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.