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CN 2-8-0 in the rain

By Mitch Horner | February 11, 2026

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A black and white photo of a steam locomotive leading a freight train through a freight yard

In a 1957 view from a crossing watchman’s tower at Burlington, Ont., elderly Canadian National 2-8-0 2647 passes in heavy rain with a Hamilton–Toronto local freight. Philip R. Hastings photo

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  1. Built by MLW, the veteran CN 2-8-0 #2647 was forty-seven years old when this picture was taken… It would be scrapped in October 1957.

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