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==c. 1936 - c. 1942==
 
==c. 1936 - c. 1942==
 
*Colour: Tuscan Red, gold or yellow lettering and stripes
 
*Colour: Tuscan Red, gold or yellow lettering and stripes
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*Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame
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*Cab: Number with pinstripe frame
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*Running Board: Name on cast brass plaque
 
*Smokebox Front: Silver (1938-1942)
 
*Smokebox Front: Silver (1938-1942)
*Sanddome: Sometimes Number
 
*Running Board: Name on cast brass plaque
 
*Cab: Number with pinstripe frame
 
*Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame
 
 
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Image:DAR0032e.jpg|[[DAR0032|No. 32]] freshly painted as Blomidon.
 
Image:DAR0032e.jpg|[[DAR0032|No. 32]] freshly painted as Blomidon.
 
Image:DAR0552 Membertou at Wolfville.jpg|[[DAR0552|No. 552 Membertou]] with 1938 silver smokebox.
 
Image:DAR0552 Membertou at Wolfville.jpg|[[DAR0552|No. 552 Membertou]] with 1938 silver smokebox.
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Image:DAR1018a.jpg|[[DAR1018|No. 1018 De Monts]] circa 1941 at [[Halifax]] in DAR livery.
 
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Revision as of 21:16, 20 March 2009

Dominion Atlantic Colours

No. 32 Model Colours

These are Averaged colours using PhotoShop taken from the main steam cyclinder on the model of No. 32 in the Wolfville library.

  • RGB: 81, 18, 27
  • HSB: 351, 78%, 32%
  • Lab: 17, 20, 12
  • CMYK: 41%, 89%, 72%, 62%
  • #51121b
  • Web Only: #660033

Colour Schemes by Period

1893 to c. 1902

  • Colour: Magenta, gold lettering double pinstriping
  • Colour Details: boilers, driving wheels, cab, tender - red; smoke box, tender wheels and trucks - black; Tires - white(1)
  • Headlight: Usually DAR cypher initials
  • Sanddome: Number
  • Cab: Name, heavy Roman
  • Tender: "Dominion Atlantic", arched in heavy Roman over "Railway"

c. 1903 to c. 1918

  • Colour: Magenta, gold lettering and double striping
  • Headlight: Often DAR cypher initials
  • Sanddome: Double pinstriping, usually Number
  • Cab: Name, heavy Roman
  • Tender: "Dominion Atlantic" heavy Roman lettering in a straight line (2)

c. 1918 to c. 1928

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold lettering
  • Cab: Name, sometimes over small number, art deco sans-serif
  • Tender: Small "Dominion Atlantic", large number art deco sans-serif

c. 1929 - 1935

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold lettering and stripes
  • Sanddome: Number, pinstriping
  • Cab: Name, Roman
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame

c. 1936 - c. 1942

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold or yellow lettering and stripes
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame
  • Cab: Number with pinstripe frame
  • Running Board: Name on cast brass plaque
  • Smokebox Front: Silver (1938-1942)

c. 1943 - 1954

  • Colour: Black, yellow lettering
  • Cab: Number, pinstripe frame often omitted
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame usually omitted on ten wheelers but retained on Pacifics.

1954 - 1959 (S-3s)

  • Colour: Tuscan Red and Grey, Tuscan letters & numbers
  • Dominion Atlantic

1959 - 1965 (SW1200s)

  • Colour: Tuscan Red and Grey, Tuscan letters & numbers in Block Roman
  • Canadian Pacific

1965 - 1968 (SW1200s)

  • Colour: Tuscan Red and Grey, Tuscan letters & numbers in Script Roman
  • Canadian Pacific

1968 - 1994

  • Colour: Action Red, Multimark, white letters & numbers
  • CP Rail

Variations

Around World War One, some locomotives including No. 32 were briefly painted black but soon returned to red. In the 1920s, some locomotives included No. 25 and No. 508 were painted "a very soft green" for a short time before being returned to red.(2) Many DAR locomotives arrived and first served on the DAR in black lettered for the CPR until they were shopped in Kentville. Some steam locomotives, especially in later years were never repainted from their CP lettering colour scheme.

References

(1) Letter 1980 Harold Jenkins to Jim O'Donnell (2) Baldwin Locomotive Specificiations provided by Jim O'Donnell show tender lettering up to No.26 in 1901 was arch style but on No. 27 in 1903 it was straight line. (3) Letter 1980 Harold Jenkins to Jim O'Donnell


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