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 the Canadian Northern Railway.

Sister CN 2141 is at the Kamloops Heritage Railway and is named “Spirit of Kamloops”.

Slide by Al Chione, from Steve Boyko’s collection.

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