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Canadian National 2141 is a M-3-d class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive, built in 1912 by the Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC), in Kingston, Ontario for the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), it is preserved and operated by the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHRX). [1]
No. 2141 was built in 1912 by the Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC), in Kingston, Ontario for the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), which later merged into the Canadian National Railway (CN). [1] [2] [3] [a] The locomotive originally spend many years working on both drag freights and passenger trains throughout Ontario, Montreal and British Columbia for forty-six years. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was originally built as a coal burner, but was later converted to burn oil in 1948. [1] [2]
It was retired from revenue service on July 4, 1958 after forty-six years of service. [1] [3] On October 29, 1961, the engine was purchased and sold to the City of Kamloops for $2,000 who had it preserved for static display at Riverside Park, it remained as a static display in the park for the next thirty-three years. [1] [3] [4]
In 1993, the City of Kamloops was approached by a private enterprise group and was asked about a quoting of the engine with plans to restore and operate it for tourist operations in Alberta. [1] [3] [2] In February 1994, No. 2141 was removed from display by the newly formed 2141 Steam Locomotive Restoration Society, it was moved into a warehouse located in River Street in Kamloops were restoration work on No. 2141 officially began. [1] [2] [3] [4]
No. 2141's restoration was completed on January 15, 2002 and it moved under its own power for the first time in forty-four years. [1] [2] [3] [4] It pulled its very first excursion train for the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHRX) on June 26, 2002 and was also given the nickname Spirit of Kamloops. [1] [3]
In 2013, No. 2141 was taken out of service to undergo its Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. [3] It returned to service again in the summer of 2015. [3]
In 2020, it was taken out of service and placed in storage inside the Kamloops Heritage Railway engine house due to the railway suspending operations over the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [5] It is currently undergoing a major overhaul and is planned to return to service again in 2026. [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 2009, No. 2141 was briefly renumbered as No. 238 and re-modified with a wood-burning smokestack, ornate headlight and a large 1800's style cowcatcher to look like an old western style engine for filming of the television miniseries film Iron Road , starring Sun Li and Luke Macfarlane. [3]