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| − | + | __NOTITLE____NOTOC__=Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 903= | |
* Built by the [[:Category:Canadian Locomotive Works|Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC)]] in May 1911 | * Built by the [[:Category:Canadian Locomotive Works|Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC)]] in May 1911 | ||
* Builders No. 975 | * Builders No. 975 | ||
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* Drivers: 63" | * Drivers: 63" | ||
* Overall length (with Tender): 55-1' | * Overall length (with Tender): 55-1' | ||
| + | * CPR Class: [[:Category:D10g|D10g]] | ||
| − | Built as CPR No. 903, it was assigned to the DAR in April 1955. | + | Built as CPR No. 903, it was assigned to the DAR in April 1955. Previously reported as never receiving a name or DAR lettering, we now know that it was in fact lettered for the DAR. No. 903 was scrapped at the end of steam in December 1959. |
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| + | <Gallery> | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR08401a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0903|No. 903]] at Kentville on October 20, 1956. | ||
| + | File:903.jpg|[[DAR0903|No. 903]] on the [[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville turntable lead]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] in the background, August 1958. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0903 at Angus 1959.jpg|[[DAR0903|No. 903]] at [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Angus Shops]] in Montreal in August 1959 awaiting its final disposition. | ||
| + | </Gallery> | ||
==Known Photographs == | ==Known Photographs == | ||
| − | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=17207&lang=en Oct. 20, 1956 at Kentville, F. Stephens photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08401a] | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=17207&lang=en Oct. 20, 1956 at Kentville, F. Stephens photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08401a] Broken link. F. Stephens seems to have photographed CNR locomotives. |
| − | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=84794&lang=en July 1957 at Windsor, photo by R. Wood Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08457a] | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=84794&lang=en July 1957 at Windsor, photo by R. Wood Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08457a] Broken link. Photo STR08457 is a TH&B loco. |
| − | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id= | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=15187&lang=en At Truro, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR09892a] Broken link. STR09892 doesn't exist. |
| + | * [https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/95/MAT-03341_09bb03211ab82689cef744904f1bdc78c3529f3c.jpeg No. 903 at Ayr, Ontario, April 8, 1942]. Ingenium Archives, Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-03341. | ||
| + | * [https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/231/STR-14660_cb2ddf66f400a84e56d0d49699e661723ca11b3f.jpeg No. 903 at Chatham-Kent, Ontario, September 3, 1945]. Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR14660. | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:13, 9 October 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 903
- Built by the Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC) in May 1911
- Builders No. 975
- Cylinders: 21" x 28"
- Drivers: 63"
- Overall length (with Tender): 55-1'
- CPR Class: D10g
Built as CPR No. 903, it was assigned to the DAR in April 1955. Previously reported as never receiving a name or DAR lettering, we now know that it was in fact lettered for the DAR. No. 903 was scrapped at the end of steam in December 1959.
No. 903 at Kentville on October 20, 1956.
No. 903 on the Kentville turntable lead with the water stand pipe in the background, August 1958.
No. 903 at Angus Shops in Montreal in August 1959 awaiting its final disposition.
Known Photographs
- Oct. 20, 1956 at Kentville, F. Stephens photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08401a Broken link. F. Stephens seems to have photographed CNR locomotives.
- July 1957 at Windsor, photo by R. Wood Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08457a Broken link. Photo STR08457 is a TH&B loco.
- At Truro, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR09892a Broken link. STR09892 doesn't exist.
- No. 903 at Ayr, Ontario, April 8, 1942. Ingenium Archives, Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-03341.
- No. 903 at Chatham-Kent, Ontario, September 3, 1945. Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR14660.
References and Footnotes
- Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, Constructed in Kingston
- Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
