Railpictures.ca - Bill Thomson Photo: CN passenger train #114 finds a UCRS excursion powered by Nothern 6167 in Belleville near the station, on July 9th 1961. #114′s power today is MLW FPA4 6780, and one of only a handful of CN 6800-series 5-axle C-Liner B-units trailing (an FM/CLC CPB16-5). | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

CN passenger train #114 finds a UCRS excursion powered by Nothern 6167 in Belleville near the station, on July 9th 1961. #114's power today is MLW FPA4 6780, and one of only a handful of CN 6800-series 5-axle C-Liner B-units trailing (an FM/CLC CPB16-5).

Caption: CN passenger train #114 finds a UCRS excursion powered by Nothern 6167 in Belleville near the station, on July 9th 1961. #114's power today is MLW FPA4 6780, and one of only a handful of CN 6800-series 5-axle C-Liner B-units trailing (an FM/CLC CPB16-5).

Photographer:	Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date:	07/09/1961 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 6780, CN 6167 (search)
Train Symbol:	CN 114 & UCRS excursion (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Belleville - CN Kingston Sub (search)
City/Town:	Belleville (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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2 Comments

David Young

April 23, 2016 at 12:17 am

5 axle?! Interesting, what would be the reason such an odd number of axles?
MrDan

April 23, 2016 at 2:00 am

That was one of FM/CLC’s many options in their “Consolidated Line” – either the standard 4 axles, or 5 axles with an A-1-A truck on the rear (center axle unpowered to help spread the load of a steam generator).

EMD had a similar idea with the FL9′s original intended use, which was a “Water Buffalo” unit with a longer carbody to hold more water on longer runs (and the A1A rear truck to support it).

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David Young

April 23, 2016 at 12:17 am

5 axle?! Interesting, what would be the reason such an odd number of axles?

MrDan

April 23, 2016 at 2:00 am

That was one of FM/CLC’s many options in their “Consolidated Line” – either the standard 4 axles, or 5 axles with an A-1-A truck on the rear (center axle unpowered to help spread the load of a steam generator).

EMD had a similar idea with the FL9′s original intended use, which was a “Water Buffalo” unit with a longer carbody to hold more water on longer runs (and the A1A rear truck to support it).