Nice clean 2-8-0 Consolidation built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in October of 1911 as CP 1890 but renumbered in December 1912 to 3890, rebuilt in July of 1926 to 3690. It was listed as an oil burner between 1947 and 1956. Specs (after rebuilt) - serial #50353, class N2A, 63" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 240,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,395 lb, retired in April of 1959. in J.R. Quinn photo |