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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.== | ||
| − | + | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.<ref>[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/images/MP14_1947_Page_34_35.jpg|CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35]</ref> | |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Passenger]] | [[Category:Passenger]] | ||
[[Category:Parlor and Observation]] | [[Category:Parlor and Observation]] | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 1 April 2015
Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.
This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.[2]
Gallery
Buffet Parlor Observation car No. 6613 on the Digby Wharf behind loco No. 1050 on July 20, 1956.
Loco No. 1050 on the Digby Wharf with Parlor car No. 6613 behind on July 20, 1956.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
- ↑ M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35
