Plaque, commemorative

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1967.1409.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CNR 9000
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST BRONZE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 81.5 cm
Width: 65.0 cm
Height: 15.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS PLAQUE PRESUMABLY USED 1951+
Canada: CN 9000 WAS THE FIRST DIESEL-ELECTRIC ROAD LOCOMOTIVE, AND WAS BUILT IN 1928. THE BODY FOR THE TWO-UNIT LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT BY THE CANADIAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS AT KINGSTON, ONT. NO. 9000 MADE IT'S TEST RUN FROM KINGSTON TO MONTREAL ON NOV. 20, 1928. USED IN ONT, PQ & NB UNTIL 1939; 1941-C.1945 NO.9000 USED IN BC. (REF. 1)
Function: TO COMMEMORATE A HISTORIC EVENT, SPECIFICALLY THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST DIESEL-ELECTRIC ROAD LOCOMOTIVE.
Technical: WHILE IN SERVICE NO. 9000 DEMONSTRATED LOWER FUEL COSTS, LOWER REPAIR & SERVICING COSTS, GREATER AVAILABILITY, HIGHER UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE HORSEPOWER OVER THE SPEED RANGE, AND INCREASED FLEXIBILITY OF DIESEL-ELECTRIC ROAD LOCOMOTIVES. DESIGNATED AS A CLASS V-1-A, THE 325-TONLOCO. CONSISTED OF 2 UNITS, EACH 47 FT. LONG
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plaque bears raised illustration of train (as seen in profile), and raised text as follows " PRESENTED TO THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS/ BY THE CITY OF KINGSTON TO COMMEMORATE THE/ WORLD'S FIRST DIESEL ELECTRIC ROAD LOCOMOTIVE./ BUILT IN KINGSTON BY THE/ CANADIAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED/ 1928 ". [illegible- maker ?]/ 1951 " incised in lower left corner of front. " CN-211 " handwritten in red ink on upper edge of plaque.
Missing: PLAQUE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, commemorative, 1951, Artifact no. 1967.1409, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.1409.001/

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