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The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923. | The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923. | ||
| − | Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer [[Cliff Hebert]] and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville. (1) | + | Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer [[Cliff Hebert]] and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville.<ref>[[Gary W. Ness]], ''[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1)'', p. 7</ref> |
| − | The locomotive appears on the 1941 roster as a D.A.R. unit but not the 1947 roster at all. | + | The locomotive appears on the 1941 roster as a D.A.R. unit but not the 1947 roster at all.<ref>C.P.R., ''[[19410101-MP14|M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1941]]'', p. 15 |
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Revision as of 12:52, 16 January 2012
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 547, Champlain.
This locomotive is a class D6d built somewhere between 1902 and 1904 by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) and are often referred to as a "Saxon". Transferred to the D.A.R. from the C.P.R. in 1917, No. 547 was scrapped by the D.A.R. in 1946.
The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923.
Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer Cliff Hebert and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville.[1]
The locomotive appears on the 1941 roster as a D.A.R. unit but not the 1947 roster at all.<ref>C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1941, p. 15
Gallery
Engine 547 and crew.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), p. 7
External Links
No. 547 in Truro, 1939. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR03449a.
No. 547 in Windsor, July, 1939. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08393a.
No. 547 in Truro, October 15, 1944. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08394a.
