Canadian National Railways

0-6-0 Yard Switchers

Class O-7-a 7010 (ex CNoR 313) Cyl. 19" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 180 T.E. 28,000 MLW #48298 1910
CNoR 312-323 12 engine order. Bud Laws Collection

319 still bearing its original CNoR number although with early CNR style lettering. Re# 7016

O-7-b 7025 (ex CNoR 328) Cyl. 19" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 180 T.E. 28,000 MLW 50223 1911

O-7-a 7049 (ex CNoR 355) Cyl. 19" x 26" Drv. 50" Press. 180 T.E. 28,000 CLC #1176 1913
Bud Laws Collection

O-9-a 7125 (ex GTR 1651) Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 56" Press. 190 t.e. 30% GTR #1430 1903
Toronto August 4, 1940 Bud Laws Collection

O-9-a 7128 (ex GTR 1654) Brantford circa 1940's Bud Laws Collection
Renumbered 7222 2/1952 Scrapped 7/1955

Another view of 7128. This one at Kingston on August 19, 1939 Bud Laws Collection

0-9-a 7154 (ex GTR 1698) Cyl. 20" x 26" Drv. 56" Press. 190 lbs. t.e. 30% Schenectady 42330 1907 c.1940
Sold Asbestos & Danville 28

7157 (ex GTR 1708) is a pretty clean engine! Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 56" Press. 165 lbs. t.e. 30%
Baldwin 32894 1908 Bud Laws Collection

O-9-a 7180 (ex GTR 1740) Slide valve teakettle CLC #1110 1913 Bud Laws Collection

A filthy 7307 (ex ICR 818) in hard water territory. Brandon, Manitoba Bud Laws Collection
O-15-b Cyl. 20" x 26" Drv.51" Press. 200 t.e. 35% CLC 1015 12/1911

7307 out of service (note main rod on catwalk) Retired 6/1957.

Built as O-9-a as GTR 1660 Cyl. 20" x 26" Drv. 56" 190 lbs. saturated t.e. 30% GTR #1440 1903
Rebuilt c.1913 22" x 26" 165 lbs. superheated. CNR 7134 re# 7228 5/1952 re# 7307 (2nd) 6/1956

7312 showing off its very short tender. 3100 gals. 7 tons capacity. July 14, 1958.

O-9-a 7312 (nee GTR 1708) was just another 0-6-0 switcher when this photograph from the
Bud Laws Collection was taken by Howard Davis at Stratford (shop switcher) on May 24th. 1959.
It went on to become famous as Strasburg 31 hauling tourists in Pennsylvania where it still operates.
Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 56" Press. 165 lbs. t.e. 30% Tender 7 tons 3,100 gals. BLW #32894 1908

O-15-d 7315 (ex CGR 826 nee IRC 826) Cyl. 20" x 20" Drv. 51" Press. 190 t.e. 35% CLC 1119 4/1913
Truro, Nova Scotia February 10, 1939 Bud Laws Collection

O-12-b 7321 (ex CGR/IRC 832) Cyl. 21" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 180 lbs. t.e. 35% CLC 1209 1/1914
Saint John August 1938 Bud Laws Collection

7325 (ex CGR/IRC 836) freshly outshopped. Location and date known. CLC 1228 6/1914
Bud Laws Collection

7327 (ex CGR/IRC 838) CLC 1230 8/1914 Montreal Bud Laws Collection

O-12-e 7353 (ex CGR 876) MLW 60504 1919 North Bay 1954 Mert Leet/Joseph Testagrose Collection

O-12 7359-7423 Cyl. 21" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 180 lbs. T.E. 35% CLC 1918-1920
Note: These engines were ordered by Canadian Northern. Many delivered to Canadian National.

O-12-a 7372 CLC 1598 1919

Note the low water spout on the standpipe. Appears designed for low tender hatch. Compare to the other one at far right.

7378 Unknown location. July 10/1936 J.J.Gordon/Bud Laws Collection

O-12-a 7400 dead at Transcona August 30, 1956 CLC 1639 1920 Bud Laws Collection

O-12-a 7410 Saskatoon July 1950 CLC 1649 1920 Bud Laws Collection

O-12-a 7411 more photographs

O-18-a 7424 (ex GTR 1749) Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 175 lbs. t.e. 37% GTR #1538 1919
Bud Laws Collection

7427 getting a wash in London. Bud Laws Collection

7434 switching in Hamilton. (1950's?) Doug Wilson Collection

Two views of 7435 switching in Black Rock, NY October 1939 Bud Laws Collection

Check out that fancy looking awning!

7450 Brockville

7451 in Montreal

7454 Brockville August 1934 Bud Laws Collection

O-18-a 7456 (ex GTR 1781) Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 175 lbs. t.e. 37% GTR #1500/8 1920
Montreal, September 2, 1952 Howard Davis/Bud Laws collection

Two Canada and Dominion Sugar ex CNR engines were acquired c.1964 by the
Ontario government for a still-born Transportation Museum in Toronto.
Both 7456 and 7470 were re-sold and both still exist.
The other engine, 7470 is well known as Conway Scenic 47.

Note: Old Time Trains was responsible for the original preservation of both engines.

7465 switching in Brantford. Turntable in foreground. Recognize anyone?
October 2, 1954. Bud Laws Collection

Conway Scenic 7470 in full CNR paint scheme. North Conway, New Hampshire 9/16/2013

O-18-b 7474-7498 (25) ex GTR 1799-1823

7492 ex GTR 1817 Lima 6036 1920

O-18-c 7499-7508 (10 engs)

7508 smoking it up a bit! (ex GTR 1838) GTR 1572 1922

O-18-c 7509-7518 (10) Ordered by GTR delivered to CNR

7510 running Extra, doing some switching at Cobourg. July 23, 1958 Doug Wilson Collection

O-18-c 7518 CLC 1739 1/1924 Cyl. 22" x 26" Drv. 56" Press. 190 lbs. t.e. 36%
Note: 7512-7518 sold 12/1941 to NHB. Montreal 1940 Bud Laws Collection

O-18-d 7520 (ex GTR 1850) middle engine of only three in this sub class. The fireman sure has her hot!
Lima 6618 6/1923 Date and location known. Bud Laws Collection

0-19-a 7527 (ex GTR 1824) Cyl. 21"x26" Drv. 51" Press. 190 lbs. t.e. 39% Schenectady 61298 1911
East Deering, Maine 6/01/1955 Sold 1959 Buffalo Sash Co., Buffalo, NY

0-20-a 7533 (ex GTP 401) MLW 50287 1911

O-20-a 7539 (ex GTP 407) only 10 engines this class. Cyl. 20" x 26" Drv. 51" Press. 200 lbs. t.e. 35%
Kamloops Junction October 17, 1940 Bud Laws Collection

O-20-a 7540 in a classic scene switching in Kamloops Junction. October 12, 1940 Bud Laws Collection