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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2501.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2501.== | ||
| − | One of the last steam engines on the DAR, No. 2501 was built by the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in January of 1906. It arrived on the DAR in July 1958 | + | One of the last steam engines on the DAR, No. 2501 was built by the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in January of 1906. It arrived on the DAR in July 1958, sharing the DAR machine shop with [[DAR2209|No. 2209]] for the last few steam assignments. No. 2501 served until February 1960 when the locomotive was sent to Montreal to be scrapped.<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', p. 14]]</ref> |
==Operational Appearances== | ==Operational Appearances== | ||
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File:2501 Yarmouth 1.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] at [[Yarmouth Coaling Facility|coaling facility]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] in August 1958. | File:2501 Yarmouth 1.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] at [[Yarmouth Coaling Facility|coaling facility]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] in August 1958. | ||
File:2501 Yarmouth 2.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] at [[Yarmouth Coaling Facility|coaling facility]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] in August 1958. | File:2501 Yarmouth 2.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] at [[Yarmouth Coaling Facility|coaling facility]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] in August 1958. | ||
| + | File:2501 mixed and RDC.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] leads a mixed train from [[Truro]] at [[Windsor]], 1956-1958. | ||
Image:Truro Daily News Apr 28,1959.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] featured in the April 28, 1959 Truro Daily News as the last steam locomotive run between Truro and Windsor. | Image:Truro Daily News Apr 28,1959.jpg|[[DAR2501|No. 2501]] featured in the April 28, 1959 Truro Daily News as the last steam locomotive run between Truro and Windsor. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 12 January 2022
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2501.
One of the last steam engines on the DAR, No. 2501 was built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in January of 1906. It arrived on the DAR in July 1958, sharing the DAR machine shop with No. 2209 for the last few steam assignments. No. 2501 served until February 1960 when the locomotive was sent to Montreal to be scrapped.[1]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
No. 2501 at Truro in July 1956.
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.
Train No. 11 led by No. 2501 ready to leave Kentville for Yarmouth on August 1, 1958. Note van No. 435797 and in background flanger No. 905.
DAR2501 leaving Kentville Station 1958 July 31
Train No. 11 led by No. 2501 ready to leave Kentville for Yarmouth on August 1, 1958.
Train No. 11 led by No. 2501 ready to leave Kentville for Yarmouth on August 1, 1958.
Train No. 11 led by No. 2501 ready to leave Kentville for Yarmouth on August 1, 1958. Note van No. 435797.
No. 2501 at coaling facility in front of the Yarmouth Enginehouse in August 1958.
No. 2501 at coaling facility in front of the Yarmouth Enginehouse in August 1958.
No. 2501 featured in the April 28, 1959 Truro Daily News as the last steam locomotive run between Truro and Windsor.
References and Footnotes
External Links
No. 2501 at Truro - Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03619a.
