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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907== | ||
| − | This wooden snowplow came to the DAR in 1929 as CPR snowplow 400720, the first CPR snowplow to be transferred to the DAR. It was renumbered as DAR 907 in the 1930s<ref>Notation in [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] Album 5, page 12</ref> and is listed as DAR equipment built in 1906 in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters <ref> | + | This wooden snowplow came to the DAR in 1929 as CPR snowplow 400720, the first CPR snowplow to be transferred to the DAR. It was renumbered as DAR 907 in the 1930s<ref>Notation in [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] Album 5, page 12</ref> and is listed as DAR equipment built in 1906 in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters <ref>C.P.R., ''[[:Category:MP14FORMS|M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]'', p. 71</ref>. A note on the back of [[:File:SGM-B0091.jpg|photo SGM-B0091]] says that it was rebuilt in 1938. Perhaps it was at this time it was renumbered to 907. |
Revision as of 15:36, 21 January 2012
Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907
This wooden snowplow came to the DAR in 1929 as CPR snowplow 400720, the first CPR snowplow to be transferred to the DAR. It was renumbered as DAR 907 in the 1930s[1] and is listed as DAR equipment built in 1906 in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters [2]. A note on the back of photo SGM-B0091 says that it was rebuilt in 1938. Perhaps it was at this time it was renumbered to 907.
Gallery
Snowplow No. 907 with locomotive No. 537 at Digby Station, circa 1937.
Snowplow No. 907 and boarding car No. 411501 at Kentville on March 30, 1946.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Notation in Charles McBride Album 5, page 12
- ↑ C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, p. 71
