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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Service Car No. 851.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Service Car No. 851.== | ||
| − | Built as [[DAR000006|passenger coach No. 6]] in 1869 by the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] it was converted to Boarding Car No. 851 in June of 1915 and scrapped in 1939. | + | Built as [[DAR000006|passenger coach No. 6]] in 1869 by the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] it was converted to Boarding Car No. 851 in June of 1915 and scrapped in 1939. It is lettered "Service" indicating [[:Category:Mow|MOW service]], leading someone to inscribe the photograph as a "service car" but it was serving as a crew car. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 14 January 2012
Dominion Atlantic Railway Service Car No. 851.
Built as passenger coach No. 6 in 1869 by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway it was converted to Boarding Car No. 851 in June of 1915 and scrapped in 1939. It is lettered "Service" indicating MOW service, leading someone to inscribe the photograph as a "service car" but it was serving as a crew car.
Gallery
Passenger coach No. 6 now numbered No. 851 as an MOW crew car in Kentville circa 1930s.
References and Footnotes
- Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment" Roster.
- Robert Wayner, A Century of Deluxe Passenger Cars in Canada
