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Revision as of 22:14, 27 March 2020
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.
From the daily notes of George Parks it is noted that No. 9059 was east bound and dropped off at Truro on August 1, 1956. George also notes that No. 9059 had mandatory H type shelf couplers, oscillating lights and 13 pin MU receptacles.[1]
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.
DART sold to allEarth Rail in 2016 and is currently AEAX No. 2010 reportedly in pristine condition as of 2018.
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.
9059 at Windsor Station with Engines 6560 6561 & 1038 - August 1959.
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.
No. 9059 in August 1959 at Kentville Station.
RDC No. 9059 at the Kentville Station, with the the P. R. Ritcey store in background, May 1964.
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.
Dayliner No. 9059 leaving Windsor Junction for Halifax, probably around 1976 or 1977.
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
- ↑ Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.
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?
