Confederation locomotive
The Confederation type was a large locomotive type with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement used on Canadian railroads. Most were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in Montreal, Quebec, and the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, for the Canadian National Railway. The "Confederation" type was later given the more common designation "Northern" type. They were the backbone of the CNR locomotive fleet from the 1930s to the 1950s. Eight locomotives of this type have been preserved from the CNR and CPR fleets.
CN 6400 used roller bearing boxes on all running and tender axles, with bearings made by SKF of Sweden.In fiction
The character Vinnie from the popular series Thomas and Friends is based on a Canadian National U-4-a, using the number of a GTW U-4-b.Gallery
