These locomotives carried road numbers 2801 through 2812 and were very similar to the Boston & Albany's "sports models" Class A-1c. The C&NW designated them as Class J-4. These …

The Chicago and North Western Railway class J was a class of 310 American 2-8-2 locomotives. They were built between 1913 and 1923 by the American Locomotive Company. In addition, …

Road Number Model Bldr & Date Bldr No. Notes; 10 44-tonner Whit - 6/1943 60284; Ex-CSPMO 10 11-15 S1 Alco 6-8/48 75890-75894 Re-#d to 1216-1220; nee CGW 11-15

CNW ? Privately Owned; Kalamazoo, MI. Static display in Fairchild, WI.

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works number was 1699 in January 1883. Although similar …

As built in 1929, these dual-service engines had an outside-cradle frame (also known as a banjo frame) holding the four-wheel trailing truck. While needed to clear the large ashpan, wrote …

No. 2802 was one of twelve 2-8-4 locomotives built by Alco's Dunkirk works in 1927. The main cylinders produced 67,200 lbs. of tractive force and the booster engine on the trailing truck …

Owner: Chicago & Northwestern: Model: BLW 2-8-4: Built As: CNW 2803 (2-8-4) Serial Number: 67374: Order No: B-1702: Frame Number: 28X30 cylinders, 63" drivers

Reporting Marks: CNW Showing Locomotive model 2-8-4 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

Though not as powerful as the class H or H-1 4-8-4s, C&NW's more than 300 class J 2-8-2s — all ALCo-built — were the mainstay of its heavy freight operations into the diesel era. Lower right …