Colours

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

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  Model of No. 32 made in 1908, today displayed at the Wolfville Library located in the restored Wolfville Station.

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  Front end of the 1908 model of No. 32 displayed at the Wolfville Library located in the Wolfville Station.

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  Detail of the cylinder and name board of the 1908 model of No. 32 displayed at the Wolfville Library located in the Wolfville Station.

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  1920s era model of observation car Annapolis Royal at the restored Wolfville Station.

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  The sylized platform of the 1920s era model of Annapolis Royal at the restored Wolfville Station.

No. 537 Model Colours

Painted in the "c. 1936 - c. 1942" Scheme. Photo and model source unknown. Appears to be extremely accurate.

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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"

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  "Minnehaha".

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  "Western".

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  "Yarmouth".

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)

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  "Acadia" at Centreville.

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  No. 11 at the Digby Station at Digby

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  "Annapolis".

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  Kent, locomotive No. 26.

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  Locomotive No. 28, the Dominion Atlantic's only 2-6-0 Mogul.

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  Locomotive No. 31 at Canning Station with the Oyler apple warehouse under construction.

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  Baldwin builders photo of No. 32.

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

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  "Atalanta".

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  "Digby" at Windsor in 1921.

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  Angus Shops circa May 1924.

c. 1929 - 1935

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

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  La Tour, Locomotive No. 24 in Kentville.

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  No. 25

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  No. 25 in Digby, late 1930s.

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)

"Much favourable comment has been made on the new color scheme recently adopted for the front end of locomotives. The old black color formerly in use has given way to a bright silver making the unit much more visible from a considerable distance and greatly adding the attractiveness of the engine."

• George Bishop "Railway Notes" Kentville Advertiser Oct. 27, 1938.

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  No. 26 "Kent" June 18, 1936 at Kentville

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  No. 32 freshly painted as Blomidon.

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  No. 44 at Truro, May 7, 1940.

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  No. 504 at Wolfville with 1938 silver smokebox.

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  No. 552 Membertou with 1938 silver smokebox.

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  No. 1018 De Monts circa 1941 at Halifax in DAR livery.

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.

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  No. 999 in 1951, no frame around herald.

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  No. 2526 at Windsor in 1954 with frame around herald.

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.(3) Many DAR locomotives arrived and began service on the DAR in lettered CPR and painted black until they were shopped in Kentville and given DAR livery. 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