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Owner: Canadian National Railways
Model:CLC 2-8-2Built As:CN 2854 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:1463Order No:
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:0/1917
Notes:2-8-2, CLC
Other locos with this serial:  CN 3254(2-8-2) GETY 3254(2-8-2) DLW 1271(2-8-2)
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CN 2-8-2 #3254 - Canadian National
Title:  CN 2-8-2 #3254 - Canadian National
Description:  Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1917 originally as CN 2854, this loco has had an interesting life. The loco was retired and sold in November of 1961 to Willis F. Barron who eventually sold it to the Gettysburg Railroad. In the summer of 1987, the steam locomotive arrived at Steamtown National Historic Site after they traded Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1278 and some extra cash for the 3254. Until 1995, the 3254 was masqueraded as Lackawanna No. 1271. As a result of issues with either the boiler/firebox or the frame, combined with other needed maintenance which made further operation impractical, No. 3254 was taken out of service indefinitely after the 2012 season. It is now a static display and as recently as 2020 in front of the Steamtown National Historic Site. Specs - serial #1463, class S-1c, 63" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 276,000 lb, tractive effort of 53,113 lb. Paul Kuehner photo
Photo Date:  5/5/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2021 8:37:31 AM
Location:  Ashland, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  731   Comments: 1
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 11:22:55 PM
Location:  Lehigh, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1991   Comments: 2
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 10:58:15 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1193   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 10:59:23 PM
Location:  Moscow, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  880   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 10:55:52 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1474   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 10:56:23 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  2380   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 10:57:09 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1074   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 11:00:23 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1097   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 11:24:38 PM
Location:  Lehigh, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
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Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  916   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/12/2007 12:32:13 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1609   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/11/2007 11:51:46 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1159   Comments: 0
NS 3281
Title:  NS 3281
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:56:17 AM
Location:  Glenburn, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3281(SD40-2) CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  1325   Comments: 1
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description:  At Steamtown??? No idea on the date or location.
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 8:21:01 AM
Location:  , OH
Author:  Crim Family
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  3600   Comments: 7
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:56:38 AM
Location:  Chinchilla, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  990   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/1989  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 9:02:13 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  731   Comments: 1
Starting Out
Title:  Starting Out
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/1990  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 10:08:25 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  G. Thomas Wyatt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Oiling around
Title:  Oiling around
Description:  The Engineer inspects and oils his engine in the morning.
Photo Date:  5/12/1990  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 5:37:21 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  G. Thomas Wyatt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
Steam and an old station
Title:  Steam and an old station
Description:  CN 3254, running on a Steamtown excursion, rolls past the one time DLW station at Hop Bottom.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 4:12:09 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  369   Comments: 1
Big crowd
Title:  Big crowd
Description:  Steamtown ran excursions on the ex DLW for several summers in the 1990s, and they were popular. This was due to two engines available, and the route. The DLW Cut Off toward Binghamton had the attractions of Factoryville tunnel, Martins Creek Viaduct, and the prize of Nicholson Bridge, the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world, that year marking its 75th anniversary. The crowd here on the second week of operation on the Cut Off watches as the crew goes through the paces of changing ends.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 4:16:48 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Making of a young fan
Title:  Making of a young fan
Description:  A mom and small son watch as the Steamtown train gets ready to pull the headpin so the engine can change ends. Do you think this kid is a railfan today?? Who know, but something like this is how it can start.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 4:18:19 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  296   Comments: 1
Now arriving
Title:  Now arriving
Description:  The Steamtown trip has just arrived at Kingsley and the first riders are getting off to watch the engine change ends, and take advantage of the cold drinks and other items in the station.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 4:54:12 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
CN on Tunkhannock
Title:  CN on Tunkhannock
Description:  Steamtown occasionally had a problem with its regular steam power, so they restored CN 3254 to serve as their main engine while CP 2317 was getting an overhaul. In 1990, they made an arrangement with Walter Rich to run the ex DLW to Kingsley Pa, about 30 miles north of Scranton. The route would take the trips not only over the massive Tunkhannock Viaduct, but also over its smaller sibling, Martins Creek Viaduct, and through Factoryville Tunnel as a bonus. This is one of the first trains to run to Kingsley, the eight car train dwarfed by the massive structure.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 5:06:34 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Wide. Really wide
Title:  Wide. Really wide
Description:  A wide angle view of the Steamtown train seen from the cemetery above Nicholson shows the size of the bridge, and how it dwarfs the train rolling across.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 4:56:50 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
View from town
Title:  View from town
Description:  Its hard to get a shot of a train on the Nicholson bridge from a close angle due to its height at sheer size. This look, taken from the Pump & Pantry on US 11 shows the bridge pretty well, but its hard to see the train, just starting after a short stop on the bridge to let riders take in the view of Tunkhannock Creek and surrounding areas.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 5:00:02 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
Backing down
Title:  Backing down
Description:  CN 3254 has cut off the train, and is now backing down to the south end for the return trip, which will be made backward.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 5:02:20 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  502   Comments: 2
Hooking up
Title:  Hooking up
Description:  No, not that way!! CN 3254 couples to the south end of the Steamtown train as several riders watch the action. The coach, interestingly, is original DLW, one of the Boonton cars that lasted into the 70's in New Jersey commuter service.
Photo Date:  7/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 5:04:12 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Laying down a pall
Title:  Laying down a pall
Description:  Steamtown trains ran fairly fast on the cut off once up the hill from Scranton. Here the excursion train lays a smoke screen over the Hop Bottom station as it heads for Kingsley.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:20:37 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 1
Here they come!!
Title:  Here they come!!
Description:  The riders from the Steamtown excursion descend on the station for refreshments and souvenirs as the crew gets ready to cut off the power for the runaround move.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:35:01 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Looking small
Title:  Looking small
Description:  CN 3254 and eight cars are high above Nicholson on the Tunkhannock Viaduct, looking very small from down in town.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:49:36 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
Nobody shot the southbounds
Title:  Nobody shot the southbounds
Description:  Heres why!! CN 3254 passes Hop Bottom running backwards on the way to Scranton. Not exactly photogenic!!
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:54:58 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
Pair of uglies
Title:  Pair of uglies
Description:  Backward running CN 3254 passes a ballast regulator stashed away on a siding at La Plume.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:01:32 AM
Location:  La Plume, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Cut off on the cut off
Title:  Cut off on the cut off
Description:  The engine crew has cut off the power and is now backing down the siding to couple to the rear for the return to Scranton as the passengers enjoy a cool beverage, or oversee the operation.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:46:28 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Nothing like authenticity
Title:  Nothing like authenticity
Description:  A DLW Boonton car brings up the rear of this Steamtown train, southbound at La Plume. Its entirely likely that this car ran on this line when it was new.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:21:16 AM
Location:  La Plume, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
Tiptoe thru the hoses
Title:  Tiptoe thru the hoses
Description:  CN 3254 rolls through Cayuga at restricted speed. A closer look at the track shows why. A pair of hoses are across track 1, and under track 2, where the 3254 is passing. At far left, the reason: a tipped over covered hopper is being relieved of its load of plastic pellets, which are being pneumatically pumped into the bulk trailer at right.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/29/2016 3:27:13 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
Friendly wave
Title:  Friendly wave
Description:  A family standing trackside at Cayuga, where the Kelser Valley Branch diverged from the DLW main exchanges waves with the crew of the Steamtown train, working hard up the grade to Clarks Summit on its way to Kingsley. The trips on the DLW cut off were popular, not only for riders, but with locals as well, many coming out to see the trains.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 2:53:47 AM
Location:  Chinchilla, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
In full cry
Title:  In full cry
Description:  Once the train got over the top at Clarks Summit, it would take off as the DLW engineering folks envisioned when they built the line in 1912. The trees have cut down the view some, but we still have a good looking train rolling north at Hop Bottom. The station, standing but in disrepair, is behind me.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:14:41 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
Gonna get busy
Title:  Gonna get busy
Description:  The Steamtown train rolls to a stop at Kingsley, and will shortly disgorge several hundred riders to storm the station for drinks and goodies.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2016 3:42:52 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Colorful quietude
Title:  Colorful quietude
Description:  CN 3254 stops atop Tunkhannock Viaduct as seen from the cemetery on the other side of town. The placid surroundings of the graveyard are getting hints of color as fall approaches.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/29/2016 3:30:34 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
One of a series
Title:  One of a series
Description:  I took several angles and focal lengths of the Steamtown train atop Nicholson bridge this day, varying the composition. This is one I like best, showing the train and the heritage of the bridge in its 75th anniversary year.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 2/3/2016 5:01:53 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Welcoming them back
Title:  Welcoming them back
Description:  A mom and a handful of youngsters welcome the Steamtown excursion back to Scranton as it roll backward downhill near Cayuga. Note the brake shoe smoke coming off the coaches.
Photo Date:  9/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/27/2016 4:55:00 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  444   Comments: 1
Blowing off
Title:  Blowing off
Description:  Baldwin shop engine 26, used to shuttle cars and short trips around the Steamtown site, blows off steam for the lights at the night photo session.
Photo Date:  11/3/1990  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 3:54:14 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) CN 3254(2-8-2) CN 3377(2-8-2)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
Faces lit up
Title:  Faces lit up
Description:  BLW 26 and CN 3254 have their faces lit during the night photo shoot
Photo Date:  11/3/1990  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 4:04:23 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Steam trio
Title:  Steam trio
Description:  Only two are actually steaming. CN 3377 has had it piped in for effect, but it makes for an attractive yard scene during this night photo session.
Photo Date:  11/3/1990  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 4:07:23 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) CN 3254(2-8-2) CN 3377(2-8-2)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
CN 3254 on the D&H in the pouring rain
Title:  CN 3254 on the D&H in the pouring rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/1991  Upload Date: 9/20/2008 1:51:57 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1991  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 4:14:03 AM
Location:  Chinchilla, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1991  Upload Date: 11/15/2008 3:25:39 AM
Location:  Chinchilla, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/1992  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 7:42:02 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1992  Upload Date: 11/15/2008 2:21:00 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1992  Upload Date: 11/15/2008 2:25:12 AM
Location:  La Plume, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
CN 3254
Title:  CN 3254
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1992  Upload Date: 11/15/2008 2:32:51 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 1


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