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DAR001427
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Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach (with Smoking Room) No. 1427
One of a series (1425 - 1469) of 75'-6" steel heavyweight passenger cars weighing between 161,000 and 177,000 lbs., with 6 wheel trucks, ice air conditioned, built between 1923 and 1928 and with a seating capacity of 74 in the main room and 8 in the smoking room.[1]
Operational Appearances
From the daily notes of George Parks it is noted that No. 1427 was west bound along with other passenger and mail cars off the D.A.R. at Truro on August 19, 1956 due to the new Evangeline Dayliner service.[2]
Gallery
Train No. 98, showing coach No. 1427 and Observation car No. 6616 leaving Windsor. Train No. 1 for Truro in on the next track, July 3, 1954.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters 1955, p47
- ↑ Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.
