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Built by [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes Curry]], circa 1900 as a three window van. | Built by [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes Curry]], circa 1900 as a three window van. | ||
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Image:Annapolis Royal.jpg|Van No. 97 behind [[DAR0552|locomotive No. 552]] in [[Annapolis Royal]]. | Image:Annapolis Royal.jpg|Van No. 97 behind [[DAR0552|locomotive No. 552]] in [[Annapolis Royal]]. | ||
| + | File:200803958.jpg|[[DAR0552|DAR Locomotive 552]] at the [[Annapolis Royal Station]] with [[DAR000097|Van No. 97]] in passenger train, circa 1940. | ||
File:CSTM-STR20517a 001 aa cs.jpg| CSTM image of caboose 97 on back of possible freight train. | File:CSTM-STR20517a 001 aa cs.jpg| CSTM image of caboose 97 on back of possible freight train. | ||
File:CSTM-MAT000558.jpg | Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train. | File:CSTM-MAT000558.jpg | Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train. | ||
| + | File:KeddyConlin14.jpg|Crew inspects derailment of a DAR van ([[DAR000097|DAR No. 97?]]) and boxcar at an unknown location, unknown date. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 7 August 2023
Dominion Atlantic Railway Van No. 97.
Built by Rhodes Curry, circa 1900 as a three window van.
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Van No. 97 behind locomotive No. 552 in Annapolis Royal.
DAR Locomotive 552 at the Annapolis Royal Station with Van No. 97 in passenger train, circa 1940.
CSTM image of caboose 97 on back of possible freight train.
Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train.
Crew inspects derailment of a DAR van (DAR No. 97?) and boxcar at an unknown location, unknown date.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 97.
A converted ex-baggage car (1), it was originally Baggage Car No. 55, built in 1897 at Rhodes Curry in Amherst, a sister car to baggage cars No. 54 and No. 56. It was converted to a van and re-numbered 97 in December 1911.(2) No. 97 was often used on the rear end of Train No. 99 & Train No. 100, night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.
Gallery
References and Footnotes
- (1) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06
- (2) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
External Links
Van #97 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image MAT000558.
