General Information

Serial #

25326

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS, INCLUDING STEEL, CAST IRON/ GLASS WINDOWS, LIGHTS/ SYNTHETIC/ WOOD/ RUBBER/ FABRIC SEAT COVERINGS

Dimensions

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

Length

11.4 m

Width

3.3 m

Height

4.7 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Motive power

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Peterborough

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1918-1995

Canada

LOCOMOTIVE IS PART OF BEST KNOWN & LONGEST SERVING ELECTRIC FLEET IN CANADA, & IS ASSOCIATED WITH MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL, ONE OF MAJOR RAILWAY ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN EASTERN CANADA IN THIS CENTURY. IT WAS ONE OF FIRST SIX PURCHASED FOR THIS LINE BETWEEN 1916 & 1918 & WAS ONLY ONE COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED IN CANADA.

Function

LOCOMOTIVE WHICH PROVIDED MOTIVE POWER FOR PASSENGER CARS OF COMMUTER TRAIN RUNNING FROM CITY CENTRE TO SUBURBS. IT WAS ALSO USED FOR FREIGHT TRANSFERS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LOCOMOTIVE POWERED BY ELECTRIC TRACTION OF C. 1915 ERA. ALTHOUGH SMALL PERCENTAGE OF ALL LOCOMOTIVES IN CANADA, ELECTRIC TYPE WAS IMPORTANT TRANSITIONAL STAGE BETWEEN STEAM & DIESEL-ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY. AT HEIGHT OF ELECTRIFICATION CRAZE OF LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH C. NUMBER OF LINES WERE CONVERTED TO ELECTRICITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE "CN" & "6715" ON SIDES/ WHITE "6715" ON ENDS/ ILLUMINATED LIGHT READING "6715" ON EITHER END/ PLATE ON UNDERCARRIAGE READING "DATE DEC 1992/ AMF/ CN/ MODEL Z 1 A SERIAL NO 6716 1/ ATELIER de MONTREAL FACILITY"

Missing

ESSENTIALLY ORIGINAL WITH ADDITION OF MODERN SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS DITCH LIGHTS/ NEW TRACTION MOTORS REPLACED ORIGINAL CGE-229A MOTORS IN 1950

Finish

EXTERIOR ENDS PAINTED RED/ EXTERIOR SIDES BLACK/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ LIGHT GREY PAINTED EXTERIOR RAILINGS & PARTS/ INTERIOR OF CABS PAINTED LIGHT GREY/ RED, BLACK PAINTED CONTROLS & PARTS/ RED, BLACK, MULTI-COLOURED SEAT COVERINGS

Decoration

YELLOW SYNTHETIC APPLIQUE STRIPE RUNNING ALONG LOWER EDGE OF EACH SIDE