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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 352999.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 352999.== | ||
| − | One of the DAR's fleet of 75 steel gypsum cars which began service on DAR [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum trains]] in 1963. Unique to the DAR, the 352900 series gondolas carry 70 tons amd 1900 cubic feet of gypsum. At first organized into three consists of 25 cars each they run as unit trains from the gypsum mines to Hantsport. They | + | One of the DAR's fleet of 75 steel gypsum cars which began service on DAR [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum trains]] in 1963. Unique to the DAR, the 352900 series gondolas carry 70 tons amd 1900 cubic feet of gypsum. At first organized into three consists of 25 cars each they run as unit trains from the gypsum mines to Hantsport. They continued in service, slightly diminished in numbers from accidents, on the Windsor and Hantsport Railway until gypsum exports on the line ceased in 2011. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | + | File:DAR-GypsumCar352999-Windsor-HJP-19611112.JPG|Arriving on the DAR (passing through Windsor) on 12th November 1961. | |
Image:DAR352941-352999a.jpg|Gondolas [[DAR352941|No. 352941]] and [[DAR352999|352999]] at [[Windsor]] on August 16, 1977. | Image:DAR352941-352999a.jpg|Gondolas [[DAR352941|No. 352941]] and [[DAR352999|352999]] at [[Windsor]] on August 16, 1977. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:59, 12 May 2020
Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 352999.
One of the DAR's fleet of 75 steel gypsum cars which began service on DAR gypsum trains in 1963. Unique to the DAR, the 352900 series gondolas carry 70 tons amd 1900 cubic feet of gypsum. At first organized into three consists of 25 cars each they run as unit trains from the gypsum mines to Hantsport. They continued in service, slightly diminished in numbers from accidents, on the Windsor and Hantsport Railway until gypsum exports on the line ceased in 2011.
Gallery
Arriving on the DAR (passing through Windsor) on 12th November 1961.
Gondolas No. 352941 and 352999 at Windsor on August 16, 1977.
