Plaque- The Last Steam Locomotive '4008': The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History

Plaque- The Last Steam Locomotive '4008'

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Media Type:: Image
Item Type:: Photographs
Description:: The '4008' was a 'Santa Fe' type locomotive. In it's lifetime, it pulled 65 cars and carried 5000 tons of grain from Thunder Bay to Atikokan (143 miles). It was often called the 'pig' as it used 20-25 tons of coal during each trip. The last trip for the '4008' was on Dec.2,1958. The engineer for that trip was John Sirman and the fireman was Don Marchuk.
Subject(s):: Plaques
Railroad locomotives
Language Of Item:: English
Geographic Coverage:: Canada - Ontario - Rainy River

Latitude: 48.71664
Longitude: -94.56711
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