| This ornate 4-4-0 locomotive has quite a history behind it. Built by the Portland Locomotive Works of Portland, ME, in November of 1872 as GTR #362 (seriall #233), it was renumbered in 1898 to #40. The loco was sold to Breakey Lumber in January of 1903. CN re-acuqired the loco in 1947 or 1948 and renumbered it 40. CN 40 is believed to be the only surviving Portland Company 4-4-0, a type of locomotive that was the standard North American engine of the nineteenth century. CN 40 is also the oldest surviving passenger locomotive of the GTR, Canada’s first major railway system, making it the oldest surviving passenger locomotive in Canada. Specs - serial #233, originally 66" drivers but converted to 68" later, modest 135 psi boiler pressure, 16x24" cylinders, engine weight of 80,360 lb, wood burner but converted to coal burning. It was donated to the Canadian Historical Rwy Association and is now a premier piece in the Exporail collection. Unknown photographer. |