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Revision as of 22:32, 6 February 2021
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2551.
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in February of 1909.
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- 22.5" x 28" cylinders
- 70" drivers.
- 64' 6" wheelbase length
- 75' 8" over couplers
- CPR Class: G2s
No. 2551 was listed as a M&A unit 1927, as a CPR unit in 1938 and then from 1941 to 1955 as a DAR unit.[1] It arrived on the DAR in July 1940 and was the DAR's third Pacific locomotive. It was scrapped in December 1959.[2]
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
Locomotive No. 2551 on the Kentville Turntable with the Water Tower in background, circa 1942.
Locomotive No. 2551 at Halifax, on November 8, 1942.
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
No. 2551 in Yarmouth with the Dominion Textile Company, August 28, 1953.
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.
No. 2551 at Rockingham near Halifax, August, 1958
No. 2551 at Rockingham near Halifax, August, 1958
No. 2551 at Rockingham near Halifax, August, 1958
Locomotive 2551 depicted on mural on former Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse, Kentville, July 15, 2013.
References and Footnotes
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster
