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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907== | ||
| − | This wooden snowplow was built in 1906 and came to the DAR | + | This wooden snowplow was built in 1906 and came to the DAR as CPR snowplow 400720, the first CPR snowplow to be transferred to the DAR. It was renumbered as DAR 907 in 1929.<ref>Notation in [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] Album 5, page 12</ref> and is listed as DAR equipment built in 1906 in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters <ref>C.P.R., ''[[19470701-MP14|M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1947]]'', p. 71</ref>. A note on the back of [[:File:SGM-B0091.jpg|photo SGM-B0091]] says that it was rebuilt in 1938. Perhaps it was at this time it was renumbered to 907. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | File:PHS 003.jpg|[[DAR000907|DAR Snowplow No. 907]] | + | File:PHS 003.jpg|[[DAR000907|DAR Snowplow No. 907]] in a [[:Category:Snowplows|snowplow]] special with a snow clearing crew and visitors at [[Paradise]], 1922. |
| + | File:McBride5p14B.jpeg|DAR [[DAR000907|snowplow No. 907]] at [[Kentville]], with MOW equipment, 1929. | ||
| + | Image:Plow907.jpg|Snowplow [[DAR000907|No. 907]] with locomotive [[DAR0537|No. 537]] at [[Digby Station]], circa 1937. | ||
File:Kalkman002.jpg|[[DAR000907|Snow plow No. 907]] being rebuilt, [[Kentville]], Sept. 9, 1937. | File:Kalkman002.jpg|[[DAR000907|Snow plow No. 907]] being rebuilt, [[Kentville]], Sept. 9, 1937. | ||
File:Kalkman003.jpg|[[DAR000907|Snow plow No. 907]] being rebuilt, with [[DAR0500|DAR No. 500]] on the [[Kentville Scrap Line]], Sept. 9, 1937. | File:Kalkman003.jpg|[[DAR000907|Snow plow No. 907]] being rebuilt, with [[DAR0500|DAR No. 500]] on the [[Kentville Scrap Line]], Sept. 9, 1937. | ||
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File:CSTM-STR18287a 001 aa cs.jpg|DAR wooden [[DAR000907|snow plow No. 907]], unknown date. | File:CSTM-STR18287a 001 aa cs.jpg|DAR wooden [[DAR000907|snow plow No. 907]], unknown date. | ||
File:SGM-B0091.jpg|Snowplow [[DAR000907|No. 907]] arrives at Truro from Windsor in 1945. | File:SGM-B0091.jpg|Snowplow [[DAR000907|No. 907]] arrives at Truro from Windsor in 1945. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:08, 21 July 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Snowplow No. 907
This wooden snowplow was built in 1906 and came to the DAR as CPR snowplow 400720, the first CPR snowplow to be transferred to the DAR. It was renumbered as DAR 907 in 1929.[1] and is listed as DAR equipment built in 1906 in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters [2]. A note on the back of photo SGM-B0091 says that it was rebuilt in 1938. Perhaps it was at this time it was renumbered to 907.
Gallery
DAR Snowplow No. 907 in a snowplow special with a snow clearing crew and visitors at Paradise, 1922.
DAR snowplow No. 907 at Kentville, with MOW equipment, 1929.
Snowplow No. 907 with locomotive No. 537 at Digby Station, circa 1937.
Snow plow No. 907 being rebuilt, Kentville, Sept. 9, 1937.
Snow plow No. 907 being rebuilt, with DAR No. 500 on the Kentville Scrap Line, Sept. 9, 1937.
DAR wooden snow plow No. 907, unknown date.
Snowplow No. 907 arrives at Truro from Windsor in 1945.
Snowplow No. 907 and boarding car No. 411501 at Kentville on March 30, 1946.
Snowplow No. 907 at Kentville in 1947.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Notation in Charles McBride Album 5, page 12
- ↑ C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1947, p. 71
