{{Short description|Preserved CN class E-10-a locomotive}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = Canadian National 96 | color = | image = Hugh llewelyn 96 (5957882611).jpg | alt = | caption = No. 96 on display at Steamtown U.S.A in Bellow Falls, Vermont, August 1970 | powertype = Steam | designer = | builder = [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] | ordernumber = | serialnumber = 937 | buildmodel = | builddate = 1910 | rebuilder = | rebuilddate = | numberrebuilt = | whytetype = {{whyte|2-6-0}} | uicclass = | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}} | leadingdiameter = | driverdiameter = {{convert|63|in|m|3|abbr=on}} | trailingdiameter = | minimumcurve = | wheelbase = {{convert|49.71|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | length = | width = | height = | axleload = | weightondrivers = {{convert|120600|lb|t|1|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|141800|lb|t|1|abbr=on}} | fueltype = [[Coal]] | fuelcap = {{convert|10|LT}} | watercap = {{convert|6000|impgal}} | sandcap = | boiler = | boilerpressure = {{convert|170|lbf/in2|MPa|2|abbr=on}} | feedwaterheater = | firearea = | tubearea = | fluearea = | tubesandflues = | fireboxarea = {{convert|166|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | totalsurface = | superheatertype = | superheaterarea = | cylindercount = Two, outside | cylindersize = {{convert|21|x|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | valvegear = [[Stephenson valve gear|Stephenson]] | valvetype = [[Piston valves]] | valvelap = | valvelead = | transmission = | maxspeed = | poweroutput = | tractiveeffort = {{convert|26300|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = | trainheating = | locobrakes = [[Railway air brake|Air]] | locobrakeforce = | trainbrakes = Air | safety = | coupling = Knuckle | operator = {{ubl|[[Grand Trunk Railway]]|[[Canadian National Railway]]}} | operatorclass = {{ubl|GT: E-12|CN: E-10-a}} | powerclass = | numinclass = | fleetnumbers = {{ubl|GT 1024|CN 926|CN 96}} | officialname = | nicknames = | axleloadclass = | locale = | deliverydate = | firstrundate = | lastrundate = | retiredate = 1958 | withdrawndate = | preservedunits = | restoredate = | currentowner = [[Age of Steam Roundhouse]] | disposition = On static display | notes = Reference:<ref name="No. 96"/> }} '''Canadian National 96''' is a E-10-a class {{whyte|2-6-0}} "Mogul" type [[steam locomotive]], built in 1910 by the [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] (CLC) for the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] (GT). It is preserved at the [[Age of Steam Roundhouse]] in [[Sugarcreek, Ohio]].
==History== The locomotive was built in 1910 by the [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], for the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] as No. 1024.<ref name="No. 96">{{Cite web |title=Canadian National 2-6-0 No. 96 |url=https://ageofsteamroundhouse.org/collections/canadian-national-2-6-0-no-96/ |access-date=February 22, 2026 |language=en-US|website=Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum |date=13 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=September–October 1998 |title=Guide to the Steamtown Collection |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.com/places/steamtownUSA/1983SteamtownUSAbrochure.pdf |journal=Guide to the Steamtown Collection |page=3}}</ref><ref name="AOS" /><ref name="BRS">{{Cite journal |date=2014 |title=Quebec |url=https://www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca/images/files/Preserved-QUE-NB-PE-NS-NL.pdf |journal=Bytown Railway Society |page=31}}</ref> In 1923, when the GT merged with the [[Canadian National Railways]] (CN), No. 1024 was renumbered as No. 926 and later as No. 96.<ref name="No. 96" /> The locomotive hauled light freight trains across [[Canada]] and on small branch lines in [[Ontario]] until it was retired in 1958.<ref name="No. 96" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2006 |author=Neil Carlson |title=Steam locomotive profile: 2-6-0 Mogul |url=https://www.trains.com/ctr/railroads/locomotives/steam-locomotive-profile-2-6-0-mogul/ |access-date=February 24, 2026 |language=en-US |website=Trains.com}}</ref>
In June 1959, No. 96 was purchased by [[F. Nelson Blount]], who moved it for display the [[Edaville Railroad]] in February 1963.<ref name="Railfan & Railroad" /><ref name="BRS" /> In October 1969, it was added to his steam locomotive collection at [[Steamtown USA|Steamtown, U.S.A.]] in [[Bellows Falls, Vermont]].<ref name="Railfan & Railroad" /><ref name="BRS" /> It was used as a spare parts source for sister locomotive [[Canadian National 89|No. 89]].<ref name="Railfan & Railroad">{{cite journal |journal=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |date=1995 |pages=45 |title=Missing Mogul}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January–February 1996 |title=Canadian Rail |url=https://exporail.org/canrail/canadian_rail_1990_plus/canadian-rail-466-1998.pdf |journal=Canadian Rail |issue=450 |page=11}}</ref><ref name="AOS" /><ref name="BRS" /> In 1986, while the Steamtown equipment was being transferred to [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], No. 96 was sold to Horst Muller of [[Brantford, Ontario]], who placed it in storage for eight years.<ref name="No. 96" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 1986 |title=The Semaphore Rochester Chapter, N.R.H.S |url=https://www.rgvrrm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RCNRHS_Semaphore_0386.pdf |journal=The Semaphore Rochester Chapter, N.R.H.S |page=10}}</ref><ref name="AOS">{{cite web |title=GTW 96 – Ex Grand Trunk Railway 2-6-0 No. 96 |url=http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/loco96.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309043017/http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/loco96.html |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=February 22, 2026}}</ref><ref name="BRS" />
On November 16, 1994, No. 96 was purchased by Jerry Jacobson and moved with the rest of his steam-locomotive collection to the [[Ohio Central Railroad System]] (OCR) in [[Coshocton, Ohio]].<ref name="No. 96" /><ref name="Railfan & Railroad" /><ref name="BRS" /> In 2011, Jacobson's collection was moved to the new [[Age of Steam Roundhouse]] in [[Sugarcreek, Ohio]], where it remains on static display.<ref>{{cite web |title=Age of Steam Roundhouse: Roundhouse Report - Fall 2011 |url=http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/images/reports/Roundhouse_Report_Fall_2011.pdf |publisher=Age of Steam, Ltd. |access-date=February 22, 2026 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919065601/http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/images/reports/Roundhouse_Report_Fall_2011.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="No. 96" />
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== Further reading == * {{Cite book |year=1967 |title=The Bulletin |volume=32-33 |page=6 |publisher=[[National Railway Historical Society]]}} * {{Cite magazine |year=1968 |title=[[The Railway Magazine]] |magazine=The Railway Magazine |volume=114 |page=6 |publisher=IPC Business Press Limited}} * {{Cite magazine |year=1995 |title=Missing Mogul |magazine=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |volume=14 |page=45}} * {{Cite book |year=2003 |title=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |publisher=[[Carstens Publications]] |volume=22 |page=20}}
== External links == * [https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/ Age of Steam Roundhouse official website]
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