DAR0044

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 44 (1st) "Poutrincourt" ~ 1928-1940

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.

• Builder No. 26749
• 20" x 26" cylinders
• 63" drivers.
• 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
• CPR Class: D6a

This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 928, renumbered as CPR No. 502 in 1908.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in June 1928 and became DAR No. 44, "Poutrincourt". In 1940, it was renumbered as No. 502 and scrapped in March 1946. See DAR No. 502 for details of later career.

Name Origins:

• Jean de Biencourt, Baron de Poutrincourt, second governor of Acadia (1610-1615), the same name retained when renumbered as DAR No. 502 and later used by another locomotive, DAR No. 518.

Gallery

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  No. 44 when it was numbered as No. 502 arriving at Lawrencetown Station.

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  No. 44 at Kentville.

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  Cab of No. 44 & No. 556 in front of the Kentville Repair Shop in 1938.

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  “Poutrincourt” at Truro on May 7, 1940.

Other Known Images

• McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, STR04022a or N-4022 in Kentville, August, 1940.
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, STR08358a or N-8358 In Windsor, NS, 1922.

References and Footnotes

(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 44 (2nd) ~ 1942-1954

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Canadian Locomotive Works at Kingston, Ontario in June 1913.

• Builder No. 1195
• 21" x 26" cylinders
• 66" drivers
• Boiler Pressure: 190 psi
• Total Weight: 283,000 lbs
• 52' wheelbase length

The DAR's second locomotive No. 44 was built in 1913 for the Quebec Central Railway (another subsidiary of the CPR) as QCR No. 44. A sister to the second DAR No. 45, it was not a standard CPR ten wheeler but part of a special order built for the Quebec Central. No. 44 was transferred to the DAR in April of 1942 by one source(1) or 1943 by others and kept the same number to become DAR No. 44. It was scrapped in March 1954.

Gallery

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  No. 44 at Truro, soon after arrival on the DAR, circa spring 1942.

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  No. 44 at the Kentville Water Tower on June 9, 1942.

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  No. 44 at Truro circa 1949. Note changes to cab window, headlamp position and a different pair of pilot wheels on the first axle.

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  No. 44 at Bridgetown station in August of 1949.

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  No. 44 at Truro Roundhouse in Truro in April 1949.

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  Locomotive No. 44.

Other Known Photographs:

• Mattingly Collection, Canada Science ant Technology Museum, Ottawa, MAT000550 in Truro. This was likely taken early in No. 44's time on the DAR because the headlight is still high-mounted and the cab still has large windows. These were changed soon after it arrived on the DAR.
• McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-4023 in Truro April 30, 1949, N-4021 in Digby August 1953. Note in the 1953 view that the pilot has been considerably altered from the 1949 views.
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-8359 and STR08360a in Truro.
• Photo of locomotive on page 45, "A Dominion Atlantic Sojourn." Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998., photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.

References and Footnotes

• (1) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 15.
• (2) Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotives Companies 1854 to 1968 by Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, No. 428-432, p. 194.

Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.

Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"