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About the locomotive

Here is some information for railroad enthusiasts:

 

Canadian National Railways
Engine 5107

 

  • Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in May of 1919

  • Wheel arrangement: 4-6-2, Pacific type

  • CNR Classification: J-4-d

  • Builder’s number: 61473

  • Cylinder size : 23" by 28"

  • Driver diameter: 69"

  • Water capacity: 6,500 gallons

  • Boiler pressure: 200 psi

  • Total weight: 419,000 lbs

  • Tractive effort: 38 %

  • Last run : 1961

 

Canadian National Coach 5145

 

  • Built by: Canadian Car & Foundry Co. of Montreal in 1919

  • Class: PB (8?) – 73 – F

  • Total weight: 165,000 lbs

  • Type : Colonist

  • Withdrawn from service on September 20, 1970

 

Canadian National Coach 5372

 

  • Built by the Pullman Company in 1913

  • Type: Dixiana – Pullman sleeper

  • Purchased by CN in 1942 and converted to a Day Coach and withdrawn from service on July 17, 1970

 

Caboose 75848

 

  • Built in 1912

  • Converted from a Grand Trunk boxcar

 

Since 1971, locomotive 5107 has been at the head of Kapuskasing’s local history museum, the Ron Morel Memorial Museum.

The 5107, the two coaches and the caboose, were all brought to Kapuskasing through the efforts of the late Ron Morel, an avid railroader who wanted the town to have a permanent museum and tourist attraction.            

 

Canadian National car #5145 which immediately follows the locomotive, houses an impressive 32 by 8 foot working HO-gauge railway model. It was built over the fall and winter of 1970 by many enthusiastic volunteers.  Visitors of all ages enjoy this stunning display.

This car also houses a working N-gauge model, photos, blueprints, lanterns, silverware, dishes, stamps and many other railway-themed objects.

 

CN car #5372 houses the local history section of the museum.  This car features a permanent exhibit on our town’s beginnings as an Internment/Prisoner-of-War Camp during World War 1.

To encourage your repeat visit, new exhibits are created every year, exhibits which highlight some aspect of life in Kapuskasing, whether it is activities, architecture, people or events.

 

The little red caboose (#75848) serves as a gift shop and office.  Souvenirs are obviously train-related, but Town of Kapuskasing trinkets are also available.                         

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