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==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23.==
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (1st)==
Listed for the last time in the C.P.R. M.P. 14 1944 D.A.R. section, page 40, this wooden car was built in 1911 in the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] as a sister car to [[DAR000024|No. 24]], had a seating capacity of 76 people and was 65'-0" long on 4 wheel trucks. (1)
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Little is known about the first DAR car to carry this number aside from its class and appearance on a DAR roster.(1)
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===References and Footnotes===
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(1) [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]], "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (2nd) "Sissiboo" 1912-1944==
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No. 23 was built by [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in 1911 as a wooden suburban car No. 262.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in March 1912 where it was named "Sissiboo" after the river at [[Weymouth]] and re-numbered 23, sister to [[DAR000024|No. 24 "Micmac"]]. No. 23 was destroyed in a wreck near Yarmouth in August 1944.(2)
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Specifications (3)
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* Construction: wood, closed vestibule
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* Four wheel trucks
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* Length over sills: 65'-0"
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* Seating Capacity: 76 people
  
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
*(1) [[MP14FORMS|C.P.R.  M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]
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*(3) [[MP14FORMS|C.P.R.  M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 19:35, 27 December 2009

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (1st)

Little is known about the first DAR car to carry this number aside from its class and appearance on a DAR roster.(1)

References and Footnotes

(1) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (2nd) "Sissiboo" 1912-1944

No. 23 was built by Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in 1911 as a wooden suburban car No. 262.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in March 1912 where it was named "Sissiboo" after the river at Weymouth and re-numbered 23, sister to No. 24 "Micmac". No. 23 was destroyed in a wreck near Yarmouth in August 1944.(2)

Specifications (3)

  • Construction: wood, closed vestibule
  • Four wheel trucks
  • Length over sills: 65'-0"
  • Seating Capacity: 76 people

Gallery

References and Footnotes

External Links