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| − | No. 32 was built by James Harris | + | No. 32 was built by [[:Category:James Harris & Co.|James Harris & Co.]] in 1887 as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890.(1) |
* Seating Capacity: 40 people | * Seating Capacity: 40 people | ||
* 4 wheel trucks. | * 4 wheel trucks. | ||
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[[Category:Passenger]] | [[Category:Passenger]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:00, 8 May 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.
No. 32 was built by James Harris & Co. in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1)
- Seating Capacity: 40 people
- 4 wheel trucks.
- Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2)
The Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo gives a date of 1923 which is likely the date when the cupola was added during a major rebuild.
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 91 in June 1941.(1) It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3)
Gallery
References and Footnotes
- (1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
- (2) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 38.
- (3) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
