Original photographer: Unknown
Medium: photography
Print Sizes Available: 5" x 7", 8.5" x 11", 11" x 14", 13" x 19"
File Number: 15-1225-04
Date: circa 1930
Provenance: Original photograph acquired.. Digitalized and reproduced by Philip Lomax.
More Information: Samuel J. Hungerford, President of the Canadian National Railway and C.E. Brooks, Chief of Motive Power of the CNR, invented the first practical internal combustion electric locomotive. To operate the engine, oil fuel was used which drove the electric generator, turning the traction motors and then turning the wheels. It made its historic run from Montreal to Toronto on September 26, 1929. The No. 9000 was the first engine to successfully prove the feasibility of internal combustion electric drive for railways. (Image source and photographer unknown).