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File:22263752008.jpg|Dominion Atlantic Railway [[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at [[Grand Pre]], circa Sept. 5, 1970. | File:22263752008.jpg|Dominion Atlantic Railway [[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at [[Grand Pre]], circa Sept. 5, 1970. | ||
File:26622641331.jpg|[[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] Dayliner, at the [[Kentville Station]], circa September 1970. | File:26622641331.jpg|[[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] Dayliner, at the [[Kentville Station]], circa September 1970. | ||
| + | File:34568174645.jpg|[[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] Dayliner, at the [[Kentville Station]], close-up of platform, Sept. 5, 1970. | ||
File:22263478920.jpg|[[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at [[Digby Wharf]], Sept. 5, 1970. | File:22263478920.jpg|[[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at [[Digby Wharf]], Sept. 5, 1970. | ||
File:26622636651.jpg|DAR [[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at the the [[Digby Wharf]] with the [[SS Princess of Acadia (I)|SS ''Princess of Acadia'']], circa Sept. 5, 1970. | File:26622636651.jpg|DAR [[DAR9059|RDC 9059]] at the the [[Digby Wharf]] with the [[SS Princess of Acadia (I)|SS ''Princess of Acadia'']], circa Sept. 5, 1970. | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 1 May 2018
Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9059.
Built August 1956
Budd Serial no. 6318
RDC No. 9059 and its sister unit No. 9058 were the first "Dayliners" on the DAR inaugurating the Evangeline RDC passenger service in 1956. They were the only RDCs lettered for the DAR and were in fact the only RDCs factory lettered for a CPR subsidiary line.
Photographic evidence indicates that this unit was in D.A.R. service from 1956 until 1979.
VIA Rail no. 6126 prior to 1993. Sold to Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Dallas Texas) in 1993. Currently DART RDC no. 2010.
Operational Appearances
Gallery
No. 2516 and Dayliner No. 9059 outside while No. 1046 is inside theYarmouth Enginehouse in August 1957.
Dayliner No. 9059 at Mount Uniacke, August 9, 1957.
Dayliner No. 9059 & SS Princess Helene at Digby Wharf on August 19, 1959.
No. 9059 at Digby Station, Digby on August 19, 1959.
Dayliner No. 9059 crossing the Bear River Bridge eastward on August 19, 1959.
No. 9059 arriving at Annapolis Royal on August 19, 1959.
No. 9059, at station in Annapolis Royal departing for Halifax on August 19, 1959.
Dayliner No. 9059 at the Kentville Station on May 5, 1964.
DAR 9059 at Digby.
At Kentville Station.
No. 9059 on the Digby Wharf to meet the Princess of Acadia in the summer of 1966.
No. 9059 on the Digby Wharf to meet the Princess of Acadia in the summer of 1966.
RRC 5059 sitting on siding in Yarmouth on the north side of the station - August 1969
RDC 9059 at the Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed, Era ~1970
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, circa September 1970.
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, close-up of platform, Sept. 5, 1970.
RDC 9059 at Digby Wharf, Sept. 5, 1970.
DAR RDC 9059 at the the Digby Wharf with the SS Princess of Acadia, circa Sept. 5, 1970.
Dayliner No. 9059 crossing the Avon River Causeway approaching Windsor on August 8, 1973.
Dayliner No. 9059 leaving Windsor Railyard for Halifax on August 7, 1973.
An MSTS model of No. 9059
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977.
References and Footnotes
External Links
- DAR 9059 now VIA 6126 in Truro 1979.
- DAR 9059 in CP Rail colours in Montreal 1974.
- DAR 9059 in 1957 at Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR00625a. There is no headlight mounted on the end door. Does that mean this is the rear of the train and the door-mounted headlight was movable?
