CN GE 44 ton Nos. 1 – 6

Trucks: B-B

Nos. 1-2 Welded, Nos. 4-5 Rigid, No. 6 Swivel type

Engine:

Nos 1-2: 2 x Caterpillar D-17000 V-8, 190 hp

Nos. 4-5: 2 x Caterpillar 6 cylinder 200 hp

No. 6: 2 x Caterpillar 8 cylinder 200 hp

Nos. 1,2,6 – 380 hp.

Nos. 3-5 – 400 hp.

Operating weight: Nos. 1-2: 88,000 lbs., Nos. 4-5: 89,000 lbs., Nos. 6: 92,180 lbs.

Tractive effort: Nos. 1-2: 13,000 lbs., Nos. 4-5: 15,500 lbs. No. 6: 13,000 lbs.

Length: 33′ – 5″

Road no.ClassBuilt dateBuilder’s no.Order no. Former road no. RetiredNotes / disposition
1ER-4aMay 47283497751Assigned No. 1500, renumbering not done, re# directly to No. 1

To Greater Winnipeg Water District No. 103 Dec 66, to Ontario Southland, to Port Stanley Terminal Railway No. L-3 1994.
2ER-4aMay 47283507752, 1501To Bowater-Mersey Paper (Liverpool, NS) No. M-563, to Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum 1991
3ER-4bSep 5632654Planned to be No. 150 but delivered as No. 3
To International Minerals & Chemicals (Yarbo, SK) No. 2 May 62
4ER-4bSep 5632655AEM 14857Planned to be No. 1503 but delivered as No. 4
To STELCO (Edmonton, AB) No. 4 May 67
5ER-4bSept 5632656AEM 14857Planned to be No. 1504 but delivered as No. 5
To STELCO (Welland, ON) No. 5 Jun 30 69, to Port Stanley Terminal Railway 1994
6ER-4cSep 4215124AEM 19674Originally Minneapolis & St. Louis No. D-842, re # No. 11. To CN Feb 57, rebuilt with MU by GE.
To Indusmin Ltd. (Pine Grove, ON) Apr 70, to Andrew Merrillees (D) AMLX No. 6