OLD 42 herself

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works, N.Y. in 1899, '42' served for many years on the Sydney and Louisbourg Railway. This engine originally took the form of a *2-6-4 Mogul Forney with a small tender attached to a rigid frame. In 1951 she was converted to a *2-6-0 Mogul with a 'swinging tender'. She served on the old Sydney and Louisbourg line until 1955 at which time she went to the Allen Shaft in Stellarton. In approximately 1962 she was saved from scrapping and became the property of Mr.R.L.Tibbetts. He displayed her on his property until 1973 when he turned her over to the Cape Breton Development Corpoation. The rebuilding of the '42' was a tremendous task and only the untiring efforts of the shop staff in Glace Bay turned an exciting dream into reality. There were many wet eyes in evidence when she rolled out of the roundhouse under her oun steam in the summer of 1973.

Vital Statistics:
Built--------1899
Builder------Schenectady
Cylinders----fifty five inches
Boiler Pres.-180lbs./sq.in.
Tractive eff.26,100lbs.
Engine wt.---122,000lbs.
Coal cap'y---10,000lbs.
Water cap'y--5,000lbs

*2-6-4 & 2-6-0...What this means is that,originally, she had 2 pilot wheels, 6 driving wheels & 4 trailing wheels.