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The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at [[Windsor]] with [[Annapolis Royal]]. Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad guage of 5' 6", it converted to standard guage of 4' 8 1/2" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the [[:Category:Western Counties Railway|Western Counties Railway]] (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville]] and [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax]] subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in [[Kentville]] as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Altantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.
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=Windsor and Annapolis Railway Company, Limited=
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[[Image:18891115-W&ARPTT Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover of the [[18891115-W&ARPTT|1889 Passenger Schedule]].]]
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See also: the [[W%26AR_1867_Prospectus|1867 W&AR Prospectus]]
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The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at [[Windsor]] with [[Annapolis Royal]]. Investors were attracted by the traffic potential between Halifax, Bay of Fundy and New England ports as well as the apple orchards of the Annapolis Valley.<ref>[[W&AR 1867 Prospectus|Prospectus, ''WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY NOVA SCOTIA'', London: J. Haddon & Co. Printers (1867), Copy No. 24]] [[:Category: Louis Comeau Collection|Comeau Family Collection]], p. 3-4, p. 5-6</ref> Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad gauge of 5' 6", it converted to standard gauge of 4' 8½" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the [[WCR|Western Counties Railway]] (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax]] and Middleton subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in [[Kentville]] as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Atlantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.
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W. & A. R. had a special rail customer during the 1880's—The [[:Category:Photo Car|Palace RR Photograph Car Company]]. They operated a [[:Category:Photo Car|special photo car]] which was a mobile photograph studio which would travel the line. A Lewis Rice operated one of these such cars along with his photographic studios in Windsor & Wolfville.<ref>Tom Sheppard, Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside, page 178.</ref>
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==Car Builder==
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The W&AR built a series of passenger cars as few as a few freight cars at their [[Kentville Car Shop]]. Several passenger cars were built in the winter months of 1887 and 1888<ref>Andrew Merrilees, "Railway Rolling Stock Industry in Canada", Library and Archives Canada MG31 A10 Vol. 54</ref>. during the time that W. Grierson served as master car builder.<ref>''Annapolis Spectator'', June 13, 1890</ref><br>
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Cars built by the W&AR included:<br>
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[[DAR000004|Coach No. 4]]<br>
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[[DAR000005|Coach No. 5]]<br>
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[[DAR000006|Coach No. 6]]<br>
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[[DAR000052|Baggage No. 52]]<br>
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Baggage No. 53<br>
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Baggage No. 55<br>
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Baggage No. 56<br>
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==W&AR Locomotives==
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These are the W&A broad gauge locomotives, 9 of which were traded to the Canadian Government on July 1, 1875, that never made it to the DAR roster.
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*W&AR Joseph Howe, - second hand from Canadian Government
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*W&AR Sir Gaspard le Marchant, - second hand from Canadian Government
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*W&AR St. Lawrence, - Portland
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*[[W&AREVANGELINE|W&AR No. 1 First "Evangeline"]], - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
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*[[W&ARGABRIEL|W&AR No. 2 First "Gabriel"]], - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., , traded to the ICR 1875
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*W&AR No. 3 First Hiawatha, - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
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*[[W&ARMINNEHAHA|W&AR No. 4 First Blomidon/Minnehaha]], - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
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*W&AR First Gaspereau, - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.
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*W&AR First Grand Pre, (destroyed January 5, 1872 by fire at the Halifax Roundhouse) - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.
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*W&AR First Mic-Mac
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*W&AR Maliseet
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*W&AR First Minnehaha
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*W&AR St. Croix - second hand from Portland in 1871
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*[[W&ARLightning|W&AR Lightning]] - second hand from Great Western Railway in 1871
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The locomotives below are the W&A standard gauge locomotives which later became DAR locomotives.
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*[[DAR0014|W&AR No. 1 Second "Evangeline"]] later DAR No. 14
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*[[DAR0013|W&AR No. 2 Second "Gabriel"]] later DAR No. 13
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*[[DAR0002|W&AR No. 3 Second "Hiawatha"]] later DAR No. 2
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*[[DAR0004|W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon"]] possibly later DAR No. 4
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*[[DAR0003|W&AR No. 6]] later DAR No. 3
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*[[DAR0005|W&AR No. 8 "Benedict"]] later DAR No. 5
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*[[DAR0006|W&AR No. 9 Second "Minnehaha"]] later DAR No. 6
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*[[DAR0012|W&AR No. 10 "Kentville"]] later DAR No. 12
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*[[DAR0009|W&AR No. 11 "St. Eulalie"]] later DAR No. 9
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*[[DAR0011|W&AR No. 12 "Acadia"]] later DAR No. 11
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*[[DAR0001|W&AR No. 13 "Queen Mab"]] later DAR No. 1
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*[[DAR0014|W&AR No. 14 "Atlanta"]] later DAR No. 16
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*[[DAR0019|W&AR No. 15 "Oberon"]] later DAR No. 19
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*[[DAR0020|W&AR No. 16 ""]] later DAR No. 20
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==W&AR Rolling Stock==
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See:<br>
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[[W&AR Passenger Cars]]<br>
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[[W&AR Box Cars]]<br>
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[[W&AR Flat Cars]]<br>
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[[W&AR Gondolas]]<br>
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[[W&AR Stock Cars]]<br>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<Gallery>
 
<Gallery>
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File:Kalkman109.jpg|Colour drawing and cross section by the [[:Category:Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.|Fox Walker Company]] of the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway|Windsor & Annapolis]] locomotive [[W&AREVANGELINE|No. 1 "Evangeline"]], 1868.
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File:Kalkman110.jpg|Detail of title and steam dome from colour drawing by the [[:Category:Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.|Fox Walker Company]] of the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] locomotive [[W&AREVANGELINE|No. 1 "Evangeline"]], 1868.
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File:Kalkman111.jpg|Detail of the wheel splasher with engine name from colour drawing by the [[:Category:Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.|Fox Walker Company]] of the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] locomotive [[W&AREVANGELINE|No. 1 "Evangeline"]], 1868.
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File:Kalkman112.jpg|Detail of cab side with builders plate from colour drawing by the [[:Category:Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.|Fox Walker Company]] of the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] locomotive [[W&AREVANGELINE|No. 1 "Evangeline"]], 1868.
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File:WAR - Fox Walter Co Engine - Atlas Works Bristol UK - 1868.jpg | Fox, Walter and Company engine 1868 built for WAR.
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Image:Early Kentville station.jpg|The first recorded photo of the [[Kentville Station]] taken in August 1869, also showing the [[Kentville Freight Shed|Freight Shed]] and [[Kentville Car Shop|Car Shop]].
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File:W&AR no 2.jpg|The first Windsor & Annapolis "Gabriel" built by Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.
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File:Windsor and Annapolis Railway Eng 2 Gabriel.jpg|Locomotive ''Gabriel'' with a number of railway employees.
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File:Daily British Colonist 25 Aug 1870.jpg|Windsor and Annapolis marks one year of operation. See also [[Daily_British_Colonist_-_25_August_1870_-_Windsor_and_Annapolis_Railway_Celebrates_First_Year_of_Operation| the article text here.]]
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Image:KentvilleYarda.jpg|Kentville Station and Yard in the Windsor and Annapolis era, July 27, 1871
 
Image:KentvilleYarda.jpg|Kentville Station and Yard in the Windsor and Annapolis era, July 27, 1871
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File:WAR-EngineLightning1872.jpg|Lighting, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the [[W&AR]] [[Kentville Engine House]] and [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] in 1872.
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File:Kentville Engine House and Lightning 1872.jpg|Lighting, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the [[W&AR]] [[Kentville Engine House]] and [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] in 1872.
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File:Birdseye.jpg |[[Bird's Eve View of Kentville Nova Scotia 1879‎‎]].
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File:WAR engraving.jpg|[[Windsor and Atlantic Railway]] letterhead by General Manager Vernon Smith 1869-1872, thought to represent the line at Mill Brook near [[Kentville]] from the [[:Category:Louis Comeau|Comeau Family Collection]].
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Image:Annapolis Royal First Station.jpg|The first [[Annapolis Royal Station]] station, circa 1880.
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File:WINDSOR & ANNAPOLIS RY of NOVA SCOTIA SUMMER 1881 CANADA.jpg|Cover of 1881 passenger time table.
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File:WINDSOR & ANNAPOLIS RY of NOVA SCOTIA SUMMER 1881 map.jpg|Map from 1881 passenger time table.
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File:AHS wharf 1880.jpg|[[Annapolis Royal Wharf|Annapolis Royal Railway Wharf]] with  [[:Category:Windsor_and_Annapolis_Railway|Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] train meeting the paddlewheeler ''Empress'' with a W&AR monitor-top baggage car & W&AR flat car and insulated box car, circa 1880.
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File:WeddingLoco.jpg|[[DAR0013|W&A locomotive No. 2 "Gabriel"]] at the [[Annapolis Royal Station]], decorated for the wedding of W&AR manager John W. King, June 1885.
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Image:W&AR 187x Correspondance.jpg|Memo from the W&AR.
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File:WARStation.jpg|2nd Generation [[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] Station plans, circa 1880, based on the the [[Lawrencetown Station]], drawn by [[:Category:Dan Conlin Collection|Dan Conlin]], 2004.
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File:BerwickStation1890s.jpg|[[Berwick]] Station during the apple export season with a [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway|W&AR box car]], circa 1890.
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File:12.6.07.24.jpg|Excavation at [[Kentville]] with [[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] [[:Category:Flatcars|flat car]] No. 84, probably leveling of the hill which became the [[Cornwallis Hotel|Cornwallis Inn]], circa 1890.
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File:Windsor and Annapolis Pass 1890 01.jpg|Passenger pass, 1890, front side.
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File:Windsor and Annapolis Pass 1890 01B.jpg|Passenger pass, 1890, back side.
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Image:W&A Juno.JPG|Windsor and Annapolis Coach No. 3 Juno Builders Photo 1893.
 
Image:W&A Juno.JPG|Windsor and Annapolis Coach No. 3 Juno Builders Photo 1893.
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[[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor & Annapolis]] No. 15 [[DAR0019|"Oberon"]] builder's ([[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]]) photo. This locomotive became the DAR [[DAR0019|No. 19]].
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Image:DAR0019a.jpg|[[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor & Annapolis]] No. 15 [[DAR0019|"Oberon"]] builder's ([[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]]) photo in 1893. This locomotive became the DAR [[DAR0019|No. 19]].
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Image:DAR0020a.jpg|[[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|W&A]] No. 16 "Titania"  that become [[DAR0020|DAR No. 20]] "Titania".
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File:Illustrated guide to the land of Evangeline route by Windsor and Annapolis Railway 1893.jpg|[[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] engraving of the [[Annapolis Royal Wharf]], 1893.
 
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*[[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]]'s [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Vol. I), page 1, (Vol. II), page 13.
 
*[[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]]'s [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Vol. I), page 1, (Vol. II), page 13.
 
*[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], pages 51-87.
 
*[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], pages 51-87.
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 3 August 2024


Windsor and Annapolis Railway Company, Limited

Cover of the 1889 Passenger Schedule.

See also: the 1867 W&AR Prospectus

The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at Windsor with Annapolis Royal. Investors were attracted by the traffic potential between Halifax, Bay of Fundy and New England ports as well as the apple orchards of the Annapolis Valley.[1] Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad gauge of 5' 6", it converted to standard gauge of 4' 8½" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the Western Counties Railway (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the Halifax and Middleton subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in Kentville as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Atlantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.

W. & A. R. had a special rail customer during the 1880's—The Palace RR Photograph Car Company. They operated a special photo car which was a mobile photograph studio which would travel the line. A Lewis Rice operated one of these such cars along with his photographic studios in Windsor & Wolfville.[2]

Car Builder

The W&AR built a series of passenger cars as few as a few freight cars at their Kentville Car Shop. Several passenger cars were built in the winter months of 1887 and 1888[3]. during the time that W. Grierson served as master car builder.[4]
Cars built by the W&AR included:
Coach No. 4
Coach No. 5
Coach No. 6
Baggage No. 52
Baggage No. 53
Baggage No. 55
Baggage No. 56

W&AR Locomotives

These are the W&A broad gauge locomotives, 9 of which were traded to the Canadian Government on July 1, 1875, that never made it to the DAR roster.

  • W&AR Joseph Howe, - second hand from Canadian Government
  • W&AR Sir Gaspard le Marchant, - second hand from Canadian Government
  • W&AR St. Lawrence, - Portland
  • W&AR No. 1 First "Evangeline", - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
  • W&AR No. 2 First "Gabriel", - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., , traded to the ICR 1875
  • W&AR No. 3 First Hiawatha, - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
  • W&AR No. 4 First Blomidon/Minnehaha, - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co., traded to the ICR 1875
  • W&AR First Gaspereau, - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.
  • W&AR First Grand Pre, (destroyed January 5, 1872 by fire at the Halifax Roundhouse) - Messrs. Fox, Walker & Co.
  • W&AR First Mic-Mac
  • W&AR Maliseet
  • W&AR First Minnehaha
  • W&AR St. Croix - second hand from Portland in 1871
  • W&AR Lightning - second hand from Great Western Railway in 1871

The locomotives below are the W&A standard gauge locomotives which later became DAR locomotives.

W&AR Rolling Stock

See:
W&AR Passenger Cars
W&AR Box Cars
W&AR Flat Cars
W&AR Gondolas
W&AR Stock Cars

Gallery

References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ Prospectus, WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY NOVA SCOTIA, London: J. Haddon & Co. Printers (1867), Copy No. 24 Comeau Family Collection, p. 3-4, p. 5-6
  2. ↑ Tom Sheppard, Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside, page 178.
  3. ↑ Andrew Merrilees, "Railway Rolling Stock Industry in Canada", Library and Archives Canada MG31 A10 Vol. 54
  4. ↑ Annapolis Spectator, June 13, 1890

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