2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Canadian National class K-3 4-6-2 steam locomotive 5588 Spirit of Windsor right 2016-05-25: SoftwareSimian· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Spirit of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-30: Crisco 1492· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Canadian National Railway (CN) Class K-3 steam locomotives were of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 2'C1' " in UIC classification. 70 of these locomotives were built for the Grand Trunk Railway (GT) from 1910 through 1913. The class remained in passenger service until the final replacement of steam with diesel locomotives.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1913
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 70
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Grand Trunk Railway, Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16851408, Wikipedia: Canadian National class K-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.