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Waterloo Central 6593

About WCRX 6593

Info Model: S3

Tag Serial Number: 82179

User Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works

Calendar Date Built: August 1957

Train  Lineage: CP 6593 / National Research Council 6593 / SOLRS 6593 / Waterloo Central 6593

Notes:

  • CP 6593 delivered to CP August 16, 1957 and assigned to Quebec.
  • Retired October 29, 1986, last 539-powered locomotive on CP. Donated to National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont.
  • Purchased from NRC by Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society, March 2012 and moved to Waterloo in May.
  • Repainted in Waterloo Central Railway’s CP-inspired Tuscan and grey at St. Jacobs shop in spring 2019
a large long train on a train track with trees in the background
a train traveling down train tracks near a field