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=Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17.=
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".==
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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]]
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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893.
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*Builder No. 13437
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*14 & 18 x 24" Vauclain compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt March 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
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*66" drivers.
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Built as the first of two identical locomotives ([[DAR0018|No. 18]] was the second) for the [[Western Counties Railway|Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway]] (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.
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It was scrapped in July 1923.
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Name Origin: [[Yarmouth]], Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot]] Station circa 1900.
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File:Kalkman58.jpg|[[DAR0017|Western Counties Railway Locomotive No. 5, later DAR No. 17]] at [[Windsor]], circa 1877-1879.
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Image:DAR0017b.jpg|[[DAR0017|"Yarmouth"]] February 1906 or earlier .
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Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] March 1907 or later.
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File:STR03984.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] location and date unknown.
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File:CSTM-STR09882a 001 aa cs.jpg|DAR Locomotive [[DAR0017|No. 17]] in gypsum service.
 
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</gallery>
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Other Known Photographs:
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* Stephens Collection,  Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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*[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
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*[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
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*[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.dardpi.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=124 Discussion on DARDPI Forum about Nos. 17 & 18]
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*[http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=85891&lang=en No. 17 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03984a.]
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*[https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/226/STR-09882_56619b238be5d410d33127356362898a56b30f8a.jpeg No. 17 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR-09882]
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[[Category:Steam]]
 
[[Category:Steam]]
 
[[Category:4-4-0]]
 
[[Category:4-4-0]]
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[[Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
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[[Category:Western Counties Railway]]

Latest revision as of 18:52, 13 October 2024

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1893.

  • Builder No. 13437
  • 14 & 18 x 24" Vauclain compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt March 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
  • 66" drivers.

Built as the first of two identical locomotives (No. 18 was the second) for the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.

It was scrapped in July 1923.

Name Origin: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

  • Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882

References and Footnotes

External Links