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CN 3377 on static display at Steamtown, U.S.A. in Bellows Falls, Vermont in August 1970. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Canadian National 3377 is a preserved 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built in 1919 by the Canadian Locomotive Company for the Canadian Government Railways, where it was numbered No. 2977. It was later renamed to No. 3377 and would spend the rest of its career operating on the Canadian National Railway until its retired from revenue service in 1961.
After its retirement, the locomotive was sold to the Edaville Railroad in September 1961, and then was later moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont and became part of the Steamtown, USA collection in 1969.[1] It has been cannibalized for parts for Steamtown's operating Canadian National 2-8-2, the 3254, including the tender, which helped replaced No. 3254's original tender that was scrapped in 2010 due to rust leaks. Even the pilot wheels and trailing truck were removed, making it an oversized 0-8-0.[2] The locomotive sits on display south of the Steamtown shops. Steamtown however, has plans on possibly restoring it to full service again in the near future.[3]
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- ↑ "Canadian National 2-8-2s". Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ↑ "RailPictures.Net Photo: Canadian National Railway Steam 2-8-2 at Scranton, Pennsylvania by Dennis A. Livesey-liveseyimages.com". Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ↑ "Steamtown eyes the next restoration candidate". Retrieved 2021-10-01.