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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893.
 
Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893.
 
*Builder No. 13437
 
*Builder No. 13437
*14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
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*14 & 18 x 24" Vauclain compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt March 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
 
*66" drivers.
 
*66" drivers.
  
Built as the first of two identical locomotives ([[DAR0018|No. 18]] was the 2nd) for the [[Western Counties Railway|Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway]] (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.
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Built as the first of two identical locomotives ([[DAR0018|No. 18]] was the second) for the [[Western Counties Railway|Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway]] (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.
  
 
It was scrapped in July 1923.
 
It was scrapped in July 1923.
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Image:DAR0017b.jpg|[[DAR0017|"Yarmouth"]], 1906 or earlier .
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Image:DAR0017b.jpg|[[DAR0017|"Yarmouth"]] February 1906 or earlier .
Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] 1907 or later.
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Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] March 1907 or later.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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*[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
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*[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
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*[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348
  
[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.dardpi.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=124 Discussion on DARDPI Forum about Nos. 17 & 18]
[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
 
 
 
[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348
 
  
==External Links==
 
  
 
[[Category:Steam]]
 
[[Category:Steam]]

Revision as of 22:07, 8 May 2009

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1893.

  • Builder No. 13437
  • 14 & 18 x 24" Vauclain compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt March 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
  • 66" drivers.

Built as the first of two identical locomotives (No. 18 was the second) for the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.

It was scrapped in July 1923.

Name Origin: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

  • McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3984
  • Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882

References and Footnotes

External Links