Commonwealth Railways CN class | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builder: | Montreal Locomotive Works |
Builddate: | 1907-1908 |
Totalproduction: | 8 |
Fueltype: | Coal |
Operator: | Commonwealth Railways |
Fleetnumbers: | CN70-CN77 |
Firstrundate: | November 1942 |
Withdrawndate: | April 1952 |
Disposition: | All scrapped |
The Commonwealth Railways CN class was a class of steam locomotives purchased by the Commonwealth Railways, Australia, from the Canadian National Railway (CN) during World War II, for use on the Trans-Australian Railway.
The eight locomotives in the class had been built in 1907-1908 by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Quebec, for the Canadian Northern Railways, and, after passing into CN ownership in 1918, had been part of CN's H6c class.