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| − | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 16== | + | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 16 "Josephine"== |
| + | No. 16 was built as a First Class Coach by Rhodes Curry in Amherst in 1904 and was a sister car to No. 17 "Madeleine".(1) One of the last of the DAR wooden passenger cars, "Josephine" ended its days as as storm window store behind the Kentville paint shop and was scrapped in March 1958.(2) | ||
| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | (1)"Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4 | ||
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| + | (2)Harold Jenkins, Letter Feb. 17, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S, Vol. 186 | ||
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Image:DAR24-16.jpg|Coach [[DAR000024|No. 24]] and [[DAR000016|No. 16]] at [[Kentville]] in August 1949. | Image:DAR24-16.jpg|Coach [[DAR000024|No. 24]] and [[DAR000016|No. 16]] at [[Kentville]] in August 1949. | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 16 April 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 16 "Josephine"
No. 16 was built as a First Class Coach by Rhodes Curry in Amherst in 1904 and was a sister car to No. 17 "Madeleine".(1) One of the last of the DAR wooden passenger cars, "Josephine" ended its days as as storm window store behind the Kentville paint shop and was scrapped in March 1958.(2)
References
(1)"Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
(2)Harold Jenkins, Letter Feb. 17, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S, Vol. 186
