Northern Albert Railway 2-8-0 No. 73
Edmonton, AB, Canada 		Location: Alberta Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Mar 18, 2018 @ 12:03:08 by Nicholas E Medovich
Is this engine coal or oil fired?? i saw a video where there was both coal and oil firebox doors on the engine.
Posted: Dec 15, 2007 @ 06:12:01 by Dave Leyh
Locomotive 73 was one of only three built for the Alberta Government Railways by the Canadian Locomotive Co. Built in October 1927, 73 was assigned to the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway and was taken on the roster of the Northern Alberta Railways after the formation of the NAR in 1929. Locomotive 73 operated in freight and passenger service on the NAR until retirement in 1960. Sold to Premier Steel, a subsidiary of Stelco in 1960, 73 was rescued from the scrapper's torch in 1964. With parts from sister engines 72 and 74, 73 was again under steam by 1967. In 1979, the boiler developed a leak and the engine has been in storage ever since. Of the 17 steam locomotives that were owned by the NAR, Locomotive 73 is the only survivor.
Posted: Oct 1, 2002 @ 14:10:47 by Herb Dixon

The locomotive was absorbed into the Northern Alberta Railways(note plural) in 1929 when four railways were amalgamated.

#73 was converted to oil in the 1950s

It was sold for scrap in 1963 to Premier Steel Co, not Edmonton Collieries.  Premier Steel donated the locomotive, along with parts from #72 and #74.