Difference between revisions of "DAR0028"

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Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-0

No. 28, originally Midland Railway No. 4 "Pioneer", was the only 2-6-0 to serve on the Dominion Atlantic. The locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the Midland Railway which ran from Windsor to Truro. The DAR acquired the locomotive along with Midland No. 1, Midland No. 2, and Midland No. 3 (DAR No. 29 - 1st) when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. It was sold to the Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co. in Weymouth in 1921.(1)

Name Origins: Tribute to pioneers of the Midland district.

Other Known Photographs:

Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-005937 (a higher quality verison of the above image.)
Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-18240 (in Yarmouth, smokebox door open)

(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

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 *56" drivers.
-No. 28 was the only 2-6-0 to serve on the Dominion Atlantic.  The locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland Railway]] which ran from [[Windsor]] to [[Truro]] as Midland Railway No. 4 "Pioneer".  The DAR acquired the locomotive along with [[DAR0031|Midland No. 1]], [[DAR0030|Midland No. 2]], and [[DAR0029|Midland No. 3 (DAR No. 29 - 1st)]], and when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. This locomotive became DAR No. 28. It was sold to the [[:Category:Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co.|Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co.]] in [[Weymouth]] in 1921.(1)
+[[DAR0028|No. 28]], originally Midland Railway No. 4 "Pioneer", was the only 2-6-0 to serve on the Dominion Atlantic.  The locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland Railway]] which ran from [[Windsor]] to [[Truro]]. The DAR acquired the locomotive along with [[DAR0031|Midland No. 1]], [[DAR0030|Midland No. 2]], and [[DAR0029|Midland No. 3 (DAR No. 29 - 1st)]] when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. It was sold to the [[:Category:Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co.|Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co.]] in [[Weymouth]] in 1921.(1)
 Name Origins: Tribute to pioneers of the Midland district.