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Temiskaming and Northern Ontario 219, originally 119, is a preserved 4-6-0 ("ten-wheeler") steam locomotive built in 1907 for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (TEM) by Montreal Locomotive Works. [1] It is the oldest surviving Temiskaming and Northern Ontario locomotive and the only surviving locomotive of its class. [2]
The locomotive was built as part of an order of six ten-wheel freight locomotives by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, with construction numbers of 44165 through 44170, and road numbers of 115 through 120. [3] [4]
The order was placed in March of 1907, with the locomotives delivered in December of that year. [1] [5] The locomotive was delivered with the road number 119 and was in service as a freight locomotive with that number until 1935, when it was changed to 219. [2]
In 1938, TEM sold the locomotive to the Normétal Mining Corporation, which was to complete a road and railway between the Quebec towns of Normétal and Dupuy the following year. [6] The locomotive was in service with Normétal until the copper mine closed in 1975.
After the closure of the Normétal mine in 1975, the locomotive was purchased by the Ontario Northland Railway, the successor to Temiskaming and Northern Ontario. [2] The locomotive was then relocated to the Ontario Northland yard in Cochrane, Ontario. [2]
The locomotive was intended to be used as an excursion train, however these plans were not realized due to the cost of refurbishment. [6] The locomotive stayed in the Cochrane yard for the next 39 years as a track bumper, with Ontario Northland listing the locomotive for sale in 2012. [6]
The locomotive was purchased by the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre in the community of Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, and it was installed at the museum in 2014 as a static display. [7] In 2018, the cosmetic restoration of the locomotive was completed. [6]