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P1K C-Liner CN 8744 (SKU 8-433-500023)

IN 1952 AND 1953, THE CANADIAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO, COMPLETED, UNDER LICENSE FROM F-M, 29 CFA16-4 UNITS FOR THE CANADIAN NATIONAL(23) AND CANADIAN PACIFIC (6) AS WELL AS 10 CFA 16-4 UNITS FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. THE CFA 16-4 " C-LINERS" WERE POWERED BY AN 8-CYLINDER, TWO-CYCLE, OPPOSED-PISTON ENGINE WHICH GENERATED 1,600 HORSEPOWER WHILE THE CFA20-4 MODELS HAD A 10 CYLINDER ENGINE GENERATING 2,000 HORSEPOWER. THE TRUCKS WERE SYMMETRICALLY DESIGNED TO ENABLE THE COMPLETE TRUCK TO BE ROTATED 180 DEGREES UNDER THE LOCOMOTIVE TO EQUALIZE WHEEL FLANGE WEAR,C-LINERS WERE OFTEN USED IN MULTIPLE-UNIT LASHUPS. THE LAST C-LINERS IN SERVICE WERE RETIRED BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC IN 1975.





$120.24 CDN