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Commonwealth Railways CN class
The
Commonwealth Railways
CN
class
was
a class
of
steam locomotives
purchased by the
Commonwealth
Railways
,
Australia
, from the
Canadian National Railway
during
World War II
, for use on the
Trans-Australian Railway
.
The eight
locomotives
in the class had been built in 1907-1908 by
Montreal Locomotive Works
,
Montreal, Quebec
, for the
Canadian Northern Railways
, and, after
passing
into CN
ownership
in
1918
, had been part of CN's H6c class.