This page is dedicated to my grandchildren Cole, Ashley, Owen and any siblings to come, and all avid lovers of steam locomotives.
The data found on this page has been compiled by the author. Any additions, correctons or amendments to this list of Steam Trains on display in Canada would be most welcome.
If you have photographs of trains listed here that you are willing to share, or know of preserved Canadian trains missing from this list, updates would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.
The Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway was the first Canadian railway, chartered in 1832. It ran for a distance of just over 22.5 km (14 miles) from 21 July 1836 and linked Laprairie on Lake Champlain with the city of Montreal in Quebec. A 0-4-0 Stephenson Samson steam locomotive pulled two coaches on a round-trip from Laprairie. In 1851 an extension was added to this rail line to Rouses Point in New York.
Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works No. 59482.
Location: Centennial Park, Moncton, NB.
Railroad Line: CNR, Salem & Hillsborough Railroad.
Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works No. 51132.
Railroad Line: Comm Portland Cement.
Location: Upper Clements Theme Park, Clementsport, NS.
Railroad Line: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co, later Dominion Steel & Coal, Trenton Works, Trenton, NS.
Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia.
Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS, Baldwin, 1917.
Railroad Line: Dominion Steel, Sydney Steel Division, NS.
Railroad Line: General Mining Association.
Location; Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.
Location: Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS.
Railroad: Intercolonial Railway (No. 809). Later with CNR (No. 7075), then Intercolonial Coal, then Drummond Coal Company, Westville, 1964.
Builder: Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston, Ontario.
Railroad: Dominion Coal (1901), Sydney & Louisbourg Railway (1952), Acadia Coal, Stellarton (1955), Cape Breton Steam Railway (1973).
Builder: Schenectady Locomotive Works, No. 27301.