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File:McBride2p72C.jpg|[[DAR2551|Locomotive No. 2551]] on the [[Kentville Turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|Water Tower]] in background, circa 1942.  
 
File:McBride2p72C.jpg|[[DAR2551|Locomotive No. 2551]] on the [[Kentville Turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|Water Tower]] in background, circa 1942.  
 
File:Na-5739-2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|Locomotive No. 2551]] at Halifax, on November 8, 1942.
 
File:Na-5739-2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|Locomotive No. 2551]] at Halifax, on November 8, 1942.
Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949.
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Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (II)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949.
File:Day Train Yarmouth 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]], coach [[DAR006616|6616]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949.
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File:Day Train Yarmouth 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]], observation car [[DAR006616|No. 6616]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949.
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Image:Yarmouth Wharf 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (II)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949.
 
File:KeddyConlin15.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR2551|No. 2551]], detail of pilot, circa 1950.
 
File:KeddyConlin15.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR2551|No. 2551]], detail of pilot, circa 1950.
 
File:AndrewChisholm1.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company]], August 28, 1953.
 
File:AndrewChisholm1.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company]], August 28, 1953.
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File:2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] at [[Rockingham]] near [[Halifax]], August, 1958
 
File:2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] at [[Rockingham]] near [[Halifax]], August, 1958
 
File:2551c.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] at [[Rockingham]] near [[Halifax]], August, 1958
 
File:2551c.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] at [[Rockingham]] near [[Halifax]], August, 1958
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Image:Dar2551.jpg|Tender from [[DAR2551|No. 2551]], undated.
 
File:Kentville 5.JPG|[[DAR2551|Locomotive 2551]] depicted on mural on former [[P. R. Ritcey|Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse]], [[Kentville]], July 15, 2013.
 
File:Kentville 5.JPG|[[DAR2551|Locomotive 2551]] depicted on mural on former [[P. R. Ritcey|Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse]], [[Kentville]], July 15, 2013.
 
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Latest revision as of 09:34, 18 March 2024


Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2551.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2

Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in February of 1909.

Specifications:[1]

  • 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.[2] It arrived on the DAR in July 1940 and was the DAR's third Pacific locomotive. It was scrapped in December 1959.[3]

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

References and Footnotes

  1. Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives), p. 3.
  2. 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
  3. Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster

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.