DAR000016

Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 16, Josephine.

No. 16 was built as a First Class Coach by Rhodes, Curry & Co. in Amherst in 1904 and was a sister car to No. 17, "Madeleine".(1) One of the last of the DAR wooden passenger cars, "Josephine" ended its days as as storm window store behind the Kentville paint shop and was scrapped in March 1958.(2)

Specifications (3)

• Construction: Wood, closed vestibule
• Length over sills: 73' 10 1/2"
• Seating Capacity: 64 people
• Trucks: 6 wheel

Gallery

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  No. 16 at Truro in 1946.

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  No. 24 and No. 16 at Kentville in August 1949.

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  Coach 16 part of train with CP caboose on the end.

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  No. 16 at Kentville in August 1951.

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  No. 16 at Truro in 1952.

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  No. 16 in Kentville 1953-08-30

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  No. 16 and No. 24 at Kentville on July 3, 1954.

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  No. 16 and No. 24 at Kentville on July 3, 1954.

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  DAR Coaches #16 & #24 in Kentville 1954 July 3

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  A model of No. 16 Josephine.

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  A model of No. 16 Josephine.

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  A model of No. 16 Josephine.

References and Footnotes

• (1) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
• (2) Harold Jenkins, Letter Feb. 17, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S, Vol. 186

External Links

• (3) *January 1, 1950 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA.