Photograph - Canadian National locomotive No. 6077 arriving at Prescott ParkNin Capreol

Photograph

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Photograph - Canadian National locomotive No. 6077 arriving at Prescott ParkNin Capreol

Description

Digital copy of a colour photograph of a group of men, arms extended toward the center of the group, standing in front of Canadian National locomotive No. 6077 in Capreol, Ontario, 1967. The men, from left to right: Fred Ricci (acting roadmaster), Mayor Harold Prescott (a CNR engineer), Nickel Belt MP Norman Fawett (on leave from his job as conductor), Wallace Connon (superintendent of transportation), Leon Metcalf (acting assistant superintendent), Stan Tompkins (area engineer), Ray Evans (trainmaster), Freeman Allen (roadmaster).

Context

Locomotive No. 6077 was purchased by Canadian National Railways in 1944 along with 19 sisters. They were the last steam locomotives purchased by the company. Locomotive No. 6077 was saved, and gifted to Capreol by Canadian National Railways in 1967. It is on display in Prescott Park, now part of the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Date made

1967

Place

* Untyped Place

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Notes

Materials: Digital image

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Digital Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

3133

Dimensions

Height

21 in

Width

14.88 cm

Location

Location

Location

Photo Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

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Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

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Update Date

June 25, 2022