DAR352939

Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 352939

One of the DAR's fleet of 75 steel gypsum cars which began service on DAR Gypsum Trains in 1963. Unique to the DAR, the 352900 series gondolas carry 70 tons amd 1900 cubic feet of gypsum. At first organized into three consists of 25 cars each they run as unit trains from the gypsum mines to Hantsport. They are still found at the Windsor Railyard today, belonging to the Windsor and Hantsport Railway, although accidents had diminished their numbers.

Gallery

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  Gypsum cars No. 352975 and No. 352939 at Hantsport on May 5, 1964.

References and Footnotes

Gary W. Ness, "DAR Vignettes: The Gypsum Unit Trains", CP Tracks, Summery 1999, Vol. 7, No. 1, page 28.