Saturday, November 28, 2015

Mason Bogie locomotives in Canada

Canada Atlantic Railroad #8, built in 1877 ,was reputedly the only standard gauge Mason Bogie locomotive in Canada.  It was later renumbered to 724, finally as Grand Trunk #1312 and scrapped before 1910. I found two other Canadian Mason Bogies belonging to the New Brunswick  Railroad and the Rivière-du-Loup railroad, neither of which I can find any info on. 
http://www.davidwoodhead.com/masonbogie.html
http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no211_1969.pdf

From the Mason Locomotive records the company had three Mason Bogies in 3' 6" gauge
Build number 487, 0-4-4, 3/11/73 Riviere du Loup #2 10x15 33" drivers.
Build number 509, 0-4-4, 8/22/73 Riviere du Loup #3 12x16 36" drivers.
Build number 510, 0-4-4, 8/27/73 Riviere du Loup #4 12x16 36" drivers
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 16, 2019 at 2:07 PM

    For more information on the I suggest that you refer to the other roads, I suggest you check out the Pacific Narrow Coast Gauge site's Mason Machine Works page. (http://www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=/ref/locobuilders/mason/index.htm)

    In particular, the "Mason Locomotive Builder List" provides some basic info on them.

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  2. Mister GMay 22, 2019 at 4:45 PM

    Thanks for the contribution, the Pacific Narrow Gauge site is worth a look.

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