1754 was built as a four axle RS18 # 3847 by Montreal Locomotive Works for Canadian National in 1959. In 1975 Canadian National retrucked it with six wheel trucks from a scrapped RSC13 locomotive so that it could be used on branch lines in Atlantic Canada. In 1995 Canadian National donated the locomotive to the Salem & Hillsborough Railroad.
The upper photograph shows the locomotive running round its train at Salem on 8 October 1995 while the lower shows the locomotive a year later when it had been completely repainted (Hillsborough 13 October 1996)

The photograph below shows the locomotive parked in front of the dinner train at Hillsborough later the same year (5 September 1993).

CN 1009 and CP 29 leaving the sheds at Hillsborough on 7 September 1987. Subsequently Canadian Pacific 29 and the sheds were damaged in a fire. CP 29 is now on static display outside the Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters in downtown Calgary while CN 1009 is on display at the Salem & Hillsborough Railroad.

Click here for an MP3 sound clip of 1009 made on the footplate as the train left Salem station on 8 October 1989.

Here 1009 with the first class coach approaches Hillsborough up a 1.5% grade on 21 May 1988.

1009 was steamed in August 1998 for use in the movie Paradise Siding. The next three pictures show 1009 at two different locations used in the movie.

Finally we take a look inside the cab.