CN's M420's

M420 #2564 with M636 #2308 and another M636 and a RS18.  By Brian Nicholson

The Montreal locomotive Works M420 was significant for many reasons. It introduced the 'safety cab' to North America and is now an industry standard. Built in 1973; the M420 was the last 4-axle Canadian design by MLW.  Shot taken 15/6/79 in St Lambert; Quebec.

This train is eastbound in Montreal; flying the white flags of an 'extra' freight'; a practice which continued in Canada long after white flags were no longer used in the U.S.A.. - April 1975

A quintet of M420's westbound in Montreal; about to enter the huge Montreal yard. The M420's were rebuilt and renumbered into 3500's in the 1980's.

M420 3553 at Walkley Yard in 1997.

Last Updated 02 January 2001