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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 42 "DeMonts"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.
- Builder No. 26761
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
- CPR Class: D6a
This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 940, renumbered as CPR No. 514 in 1907.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in May 1923 and became DAR No. 42, "DeMonts". It was scrapped in May 1940.
Name Origins:
- Timothe Pierre du Ghast DeMonts, founder of Port Royal and first Governor of Acadia, the same name later used by DAR No. 1018.
Gallery
No. 42 at Angus Shops.
“Demonts” at Kentville circa 1939.
Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-4017 (in Kentville scrapline, M. Allen Gibson photo)
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-8356
References and Footnotes
(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
