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No. 2209 was the last steam locomotive to run on the Dominion Atlantic. Built by the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in November of 1907, it was sold to the DAR in the last days of steam, arriving on the DAR in November 1957.<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', p. 14]]</ref> No. 2209 was the only G1a on the line.<ref>[[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two) on page 21</ref> No. 2209 retained after full dieselization as a spare, mainly to steam-power the conventional coaches on extra passenger runs. On March 12, 1960, it made the last recorded steam runs on the DAR<ref>[http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no539_2010.pdf Stan J. Smaill, "Towards an End of Steam Timeline", ''Canadian Rail'' No. 539, November-December 2010, p. 259]</ref> when it double-headed a "hockey extra" passenger train from Halifax to Kentville with [[DAR8131|SW1200 diesel No. 8131]], hauling 600 hockey fans from Queen Elizabeth High School. The crew for this last steam run was Clyde Earle and H. Balsor in the engine, with conductor Donald Hale.<ref>"End of an Era", ''Chronicle Herald'', March 14, 1960</ref> It was sent to Montreal and scrapped in February 1961.<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', p. 14]]</ref> | No. 2209 was the last steam locomotive to run on the Dominion Atlantic. Built by the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in November of 1907, it was sold to the DAR in the last days of steam, arriving on the DAR in November 1957.<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', p. 14]]</ref> No. 2209 was the only G1a on the line.<ref>[[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two) on page 21</ref> No. 2209 retained after full dieselization as a spare, mainly to steam-power the conventional coaches on extra passenger runs. On March 12, 1960, it made the last recorded steam runs on the DAR<ref>[http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no539_2010.pdf Stan J. Smaill, "Towards an End of Steam Timeline", ''Canadian Rail'' No. 539, November-December 2010, p. 259]</ref> when it double-headed a "hockey extra" passenger train from Halifax to Kentville with [[DAR8131|SW1200 diesel No. 8131]], hauling 600 hockey fans from Queen Elizabeth High School. The crew for this last steam run was Clyde Earle and H. Balsor in the engine, with conductor Donald Hale.<ref>"End of an Era", ''Chronicle Herald'', March 14, 1960</ref> It was sent to Montreal and scrapped in February 1961.<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', p. 14]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 01:43, 24 November 2021
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2209.
No. 2209 was the last steam locomotive to run on the Dominion Atlantic. Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in November of 1907, it was sold to the DAR in the last days of steam, arriving on the DAR in November 1957.[1] No. 2209 was the only G1a on the line.[2] No. 2209 retained after full dieselization as a spare, mainly to steam-power the conventional coaches on extra passenger runs. On March 12, 1960, it made the last recorded steam runs on the DAR[3] when it double-headed a "hockey extra" passenger train from Halifax to Kentville with SW1200 diesel No. 8131, hauling 600 hockey fans from Queen Elizabeth High School. The crew for this last steam run was Clyde Earle and H. Balsor in the engine, with conductor Donald Hale.[4] It was sent to Montreal and scrapped in February 1961.[5]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
Locomotives No. 2501 and No. 2209 inside the Kentville Machine Shop circa 1958.
DAR locomotive 2501 with the tender of No. 2209 in the Kentville Machine Shop, c. 1958.
A DAR 4-6-2 pacific leads a freight at an unknown location in 1958. No. 2209?
Engine 2209 in the Kentville Machine Shop 8 August 1959.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster, p. 14
- ↑ Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) on page 21
- ↑ Stan J. Smaill, "Towards an End of Steam Timeline", Canadian Rail No. 539, November-December 2010, p. 259
- ↑ "End of an Era", Chronicle Herald, March 14, 1960
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster, p. 14
