Comments on: 1912 built H.K. Porter Compressed Air Locomotive on display at Britania Mine Museum. These sort of locomotives were pre-charged with air, this one to 5515 kpa, and used in mines where explosive gases made electric power unsafe. This locomotive hauled coal at the Canmore Coal Mine in Alberta. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 02:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: headtailgrep http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=11329#comment-3196 headtailgrep Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:51:49 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Aca-IMG_0441-AIR-LOCO.jpg#comment-3196 Very cool - and it's on rails too ;) I wonder if any compressed air locomotives are still in service anywhere. Very cool – and it’s on rails too ;) I wonder if any compressed air locomotives are still in service anywhere.

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