Following is a list of diesel locomotives built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, a Canadian subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company from 1904-1964. From 1964-1975 the …

Mar 30, 2023 · The Bronze Medal of Horsepower goes to the one-of-a-kind Montreal Locomotive Works M-640 diesel, numbered 4744 for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Equipped with a …

The CP's 4744 M640 was rebuilt with only four (4) AC traction motors because the engine-and-alternator did not have enough horsepower to successfully power six motors! It was rated …

Canadian Pacific 4744 was the only M-640 unit ever built by Montreal Locomotive Works. It is conserved with its crankshaft broken at Exporail museum near Montreal. Exporail, Canadian …

Aug 26, 2024 · From 1970 through 1980 it produced its own line of what were essentially Century models, slightly renamed; the M424, M420, M640, M630, and M636. MLW's independence did …

Notes : Built by MLW (1971). Fire damaged (1981), rebuilt in 1984 with 4 AC traction motors, with Brown-Boveri electrical equipment on A1A trucks (centre axle unpowered).

CP MLW M640 4744, built at the end of the horsepower wars of the 1970's, spent many years as a mechanical oddity in CP's fleet. When an electrical fire side-lined her in the early 1980's, …

Hammersey Iron 4045(1st) sold to Cliffs, Robe River Iron Associates during construction and was delivered new to them in H.I. colors.

Jan 12, 2007 · The biggest Alco in Canada out on the road! CP MLW M640 4744, built at the end of the horsepower wars of the 1970's, spent many years as a mechanical oddity in CP's fleet. …

MLW made a brave attempt at a 4000 horsepower locomotive when it produced the one and only M640, CP 4744. It is shown here when it was almost new on a westbound freight at Dorval …