Is there a Mike in the house

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---During the steam era on the Canadian National the railroad rostered a total of 497 Mikado type locomotives.Various builders included the Kingston Locomotive Works,the Montreal Locomotive Works,Alco (Schenectedy),Baldwin and even their own shops at Pt.St.Charles in Montreal. Many of the CN Mikes remained in revenue service until the end of the steam era in the late months of 1961.Fortunately 4 of these beautiful locomotives have been preserved:S-1-A 3239 at Delson Quebec,S-1-B 3254 and S-1-D 3377 at Steamtown,Scranton PA.,and Grand Trunk Western S-3-A 4070 ( ex CNR 3734).
Without a doubt,the CNR Mikes are my favourite class of steam locomotives.All my locomotives were custom painted by my good friend Doctor Wayne.Here's a sampling of my Mike roster for your review

S-1-A


S-1-B


S-1-D


S-1-G


S-2-A


S-3-A


S-3-A

[Charlie B]

Nutbar, not knowing much about steam I'm wondering if this is the same 4070 you are talking about.
Charlie

[cn nutbar]

Hi Charlie---thanks for posting this picture---yes,it is the same locomotive.This engine had a coffin feedwater system enclosed in the smokebox.When I asked Doctor Wayne to create a model of this engine(3734),even though I knew it was not prototype,I asked him to add an Elesco feedwater system so my model is not an exact duplicate of the original .

[Steamtrains]

I'd have to agree with you...The Mike is a gorgeous engine....Which reminds me I have a Bowser/Athearn/Tyco kit waiting in the wings that needs building....
I just hope it comes out half as good as those beauties the good Dr. puts out....

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---here's a couple of shots of the engineer's (right) side of the locomotives

[cn nutbar]

Hello All---here's the right side of S-1-G #3513

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---it was always a treat for railfanners when a long freight rolled by headed by a couple of hardworking Mikes

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---a few more shots for your review

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---here's a few more shots including a doubleheader meet and some individual locomotive photos

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---S-3-A Mikes #3734 and #3736 were USRA light mikes built by Alco (Schenectedy) in 1918.They started their careers with the Grand Trunk Railway but were transferred with many of their sisters to the Candian National Railway and remained in Canada until their retirements.

[MasonJar]

Beautiful machines!

Andrew

[cn nutbar]

Hello again---here's another shot of S-1-B #3254

[cn nutbar]

Hello again---S-1-B #3254

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---the S-2 class of Mikados were easily identified by their Belpaire fireboxes---here's S-2-A #3529.These locomotives were primarily found in western Canada although #3547 was an exception---Apparently she was involved in a number of minor derailments and the local crews felt she was cursed---she was transferred to Ontario and was a regular in the Niagara Peninsula until her retirement

[Charlie B]

Did this solve the derailment problem?
Charlie