Photo of the week – January 26, 2026

This slide by Al Chione shows a short wayfreight steaming along the Sprague subdivision near Dufresne, Manitoba, on July 14, 1959. CN 2142 is the locomotive on this train. This 2-8-0 “Consolidation” locomotive was built in Kingston, ON in 1912 by the Canadian Locomotive Company, part of an order of 25 (2130 – 2154) for … Read more

Site Renewal – November 2025 update!

Petitbone crane in Dartmouth, NS

November 2025 update: We continue to make slow progress on updating the site. The broad outline of the all-time diesel locomotive roster has been completed and some data and photos have been added. Keep checking back for updates. We have also started to add employee timetables. Please have a look at the pages that have … Read more

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The Canadian National Railways Historical Association was founded in 1989 as an international operational research and historical group that exclusively focuses on the Canadian National family of railways and promotes the art of modelling them accurately.