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DARHALIGONIAN
Dominion Atlantic Railway Pullman Parlour Car, Haligonian
Haligonian was was built in 1891 by the Pullman Company as a parlor car for the Flying Bluenose. It was joined by its sister car, Mayflower in 1893. "Haligonian" was converted to boarding car No. 880 in December 1939 and served as a rest house for DAR passenger crews in Halifax, located next to the Halifax Station platform. It was scrapped in April 1955.[1]
Gallery
Interior view, parlour car Mayflower or Haligonian, part of the Flying Bluenose train, circa 1895.
Kentville Station with parlour car Haligonian or Mayflower; Kentville Freight Shed and Car Shop, after 1904 addition.
Flying Bluenose inside the North Street Station at Halifax with either Mayflower or Haligonian on the end, c. 1912.
Dominion Atlantic Parlour car "Haligonian" and Canadian National Buffet Parlour Car 824 at the Kentville Station, with P. R. Ritcey's store in background, between 1920 and 1926.
Dominion Atlantic Parlour car "Haligonian" and Canadian National Buffet Parlour Car 824 at the Kentville Station between 1920 and 1926.
Article and photo by H. B. Jefferson the scrapping of the parlour car "Haligonian" with view of locomotive 2511, May 17, 1958.
References and Footnotes
- "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
