Photograph - Canadian National Railways locomotive wreck

Photograph

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Photograph - Canadian National Railways locomotive wreck

Description

Digital copy of a black and white photograph of the head on collision of Canadian National locomotive no. 6077 February 17, 1936. Three men stand on top of the wreck in the middleground.

Context

Fireman J.P. Coughlin died in this wreck. 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

Feb 17, 1936

Notes

Materials: Digital image

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Digital Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

3136

Dimensions

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

7.42 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

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 19, 2022