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File:CSTM-STR33176a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] facing eastbound, August 29, 1953. | File:CSTM-STR33176a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] facing eastbound, August 29, 1953. | ||
File:CSTM-STR33179a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. | File:CSTM-STR33179a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. | ||
| − | File:CSTM-STR33180a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. | + | File:CSTM-STR33180a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company]] in background, [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM-STR33181a 001 aa cs.jpg | + | File:CSTM-STR33181a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM-STR33182a 001 aa cs.jpg | + | File:CSTM-STR33182a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]], August 29, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM0-STR33177a 001 aa cs.jpg | | + | File:CSTM0-STR33177a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] at the [[Yarmouth Coaling Facility]], August 29, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM-STR33185a 001 aa cs.jpg | | + | File:CSTM-STR33185a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in front of the [[Kentville Machine Shop]], August 30, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM-STR33187a 001 aa cs.jpg | | + | File:CSTM-STR33187a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in front of the [[Kentville Machine Shop]], August 30, 1953. |
| − | File:CSTM-STR33184a 001 aa cs.jpg | | + | File:CSTM-STR33184a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Kentville]], approaching turntable, August 30, 1953. |
Image:DAR2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] beside [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] at [[Yarmouth]] on July 3, 1954. | Image:DAR2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] beside [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] at [[Yarmouth]] on July 3, 1954. | ||
| − | Image:CSTM-STR33186a_001_aa_cs.jpg | 2551 at [[Kentville]], | + | Image:CSTM-STR33186a_001_aa_cs.jpg | 2551 at [[Kentville]], August 30, 1953. |
File:Kentville 5.JPG|[[DAR2551|Locomotive 2551]] depicted on mural on former [[P. R. Ritcey|Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse]], [[Kentville]], July 15, 2013. | File:Kentville 5.JPG|[[DAR2551|Locomotive 2551]] depicted on mural on former [[P. R. Ritcey|Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse]], [[Kentville]], July 15, 2013. | ||
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Revision as of 19:39, 18 September 2019
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2551.
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in February of 1909.
- 22.5" x 28" cylinders
- 70" drivers.
- 64' 6" wheelbase length
- 75' 8" over couplers
- CPR Class: G2s
Listed as a M & A unit 1927 (G2s(x)), in 1938 as a C.P.R. unit and then from 1941 to 1955 as a D.A.R unit (G2s). (1)
Photo of unit found in: Greg McDonnell, Canadian Pacific: Stand Fast, Craigellachie!, p. 25 and in Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), p.14.
Gallery
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
No. 2551 facing the in Yarmouth Station, August 29, 1953.
No. 2551 with the Dominion Textile Company in background, Yarmouth, August 29, 1953.
No. 2551 at the Yarmouth Coaling Facility, August 29, 1953.
No. 2551 in front of the Kentville Machine Shop, August 30, 1953.
No. 2551 in front of the Kentville Machine Shop, August 30, 1953.
No. 2551 beside Yarmouth Enginehouse at Yarmouth on July 3, 1954.
2551 at Kentville, August 30, 1953.
Locomotive 2551 depicted on mural on former Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse, Kentville, July 15, 2013.
References and Footnotes
- (1) C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1941, p. 15; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15
- (1) C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1941, p. 15.
- (2) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives), p. 3.
External Links
Dominion Atlantic locomotive gallery on Old Time Trades web site including nice colour images of 2551
Locomotive 2551 at Truro - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08417a .
Locomotive 2551 at Truro - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08418a.
