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Summary

"The Five Locomotive Line-up: A D.A.R. Portrait"

This photograph was one of a pair taken at the Kentville Railyard on May 14, 1937 by Edson Graham to mark the arrival of the first Pacific and first D10 locomotives.[1] It shows, in one dramatic view, the range of steam locomotives on the DAR from the big Pacific 4-6-2 to the little American 4-4-0. The locomotives from left to right are No. 2552 "Haliburton", No. 999 "Fronsac", No. 544 "Hebert", No. 32 "Blomidon" and No. 25 "Strathcona/Pontgrave". The photograph was carefully posed in the Kentville Railyard looking west to provide a head-on view. Note the flagpole of the Kentville Freight Shed visible and that the newly arrived locomotives 2552 and 999 had not yet been painted in DAR colours. It is one of two photographs taken from slightly different angles that day. Here is the other: Gary Ness Collection, 5_loco.jpg

This print courtesy Tony Kalkman, featured on a DAR-DPI.ca Facebook post, August 4, 2024.

Other Sources featuring this image

This view is an icon of Dominion Atlantic steam. Prints are found found in several collections and have often been published including:

Gary Ness Collection, published in his books Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Vol. II, page 2) and The Dominion Atlantic Railway: 1894-1994.

Yarmouth County Museum, "Riding the Rails of the D.A.R." web album

Kentville Historical Society, 2023 Calendar

A photo in the Leon Barron collection at the Kings County Museum

References

  1. Date and photographer are inscribed on an original print originally owned by G.A. Gillis at the Kings County Museum

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current07:16, 4 August 2024Thumbnail for version as of 07:16, 4 August 20241,980 × 805 (229 KB)Dan Conlin (talk | contribs)"The Five Locomotive Line-up: A D.A.R. Portrait" This photograph was one of a pair taken at the Kentville Railyard on May 14, 1937 by Edson Graham<ref>Date and photographer are inscribed on an original print originally owned by G.A. Gillis at the Kings County Museum</ref> to mark the arrival of the first Pacific and first D10 locomotives. It shows in one view the range of steam locomotives on the DAR from th...