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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]] | Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]] | ||
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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1898. | Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1898. | ||
| − | *Builder No. 15924 | + | *Builder No. 15924. |
| − | *18" x 24" cylinders | + | Boiler pressure 185 psi. |
| + | *18" x 24" cylinders. | ||
*66" drivers. | *66" drivers. | ||
| − | " | + | "LaTour" was the first locomotive ordered and delivered new for the DAR. |
It was scrapped in Kentville in November, 1939.(1) | It was scrapped in Kentville in November, 1939.(1) | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| − | Image:DAR0024a.jpg| | + | File:Kalkman24.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR0024|No. 24]] with an westbound passenger train crossing the [[Gaspereaux River Bridge]] in [[Horton Landing]], Aug 24, 1902. |
| + | File:Kalkman106.jpg|Coloured postcard showing the [[Flying Bluenose]] leaving [[Hantsport]] crossing the [[Halfway River Bridge]] with passenger car [[DAR000027|No.27 "IRIS"]] and possibly baggage car [[DAR000046|No. 46]] and locomotive [[DAR0024|No. 24]], 1911. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0024a.jpg|LaTour, Locomotive [[DAR0024|No. 24]] in [[Kentville]], 1934. | ||
| + | File:McBride1page57C.jpg|DAR locomotive [[DAR0024|No. 24 "Latour"]] with DAR [[DAR000033|combine No. 33]], probably in [[Digby]], late 1930s. | ||
| + | File:Na-5742-34.jpg|[[DAR0024|No. 24]] in the dead line at [[Kentville]] with [[DAR0041|No. 41]], said to be 1937. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR03992a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0024|Locomotive 24]] in the scrap line behind the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] with the [[Kentville Station]] in the background, circa 1939. | ||
| + | File:DAR 24 La Tour.jpg|In the dead line at [[Kentville]] June 1939. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| − | Other Known Photographs: | + | Other Known Photographs:<br> |
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| + | * Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-15259 (This photo is the same as [[DAR0024|No. 24]] above.) The museum data says Builder Number: 1564, Builder Date: 1882, Class: A-5-L, Disposition: SC 1930, Drivers: 62 | ||
| + | * Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR15259, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR15259/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/232/STR-15259_343818cb1a4f7ba4b2a790b5abf2e13ab3794879.jpeg</ref> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Steam]] | [[Category:Steam]] | ||
[[Category:4-4-0]] | [[Category:4-4-0]] | ||
[[Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works]] | [[Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:29, 17 October 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 24 "LaTour"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0 Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1898.
- Builder No. 15924.
Boiler pressure 185 psi.
- 18" x 24" cylinders.
- 66" drivers.
"LaTour" was the first locomotive ordered and delivered new for the DAR.
It was scrapped in Kentville in November, 1939.(1)
Name Origin: Charles Latour Governor of Acadia, 1638.
Gallery
Locomotive No. 24 with an westbound passenger train crossing the Gaspereaux River Bridge in Horton Landing, Aug 24, 1902.
Coloured postcard showing the Flying Bluenose leaving Hantsport crossing the Halfway River Bridge with passenger car No.27 "IRIS" and possibly baggage car No. 46 and locomotive No. 24, 1911.
DAR locomotive No. 24 "Latour" with DAR combine No. 33, probably in Digby, late 1930s.
Locomotive 24 in the scrap line behind the Kentville Repair Shop with the Kentville Station in the background, circa 1939.
In the dead line at Kentville June 1939.
Other Known Photographs:
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-15259 (This photo is the same as No. 24 above.) The museum data says Builder Number: 1564, Builder Date: 1882, Class: A-5-L, Disposition: SC 1930, Drivers: 62
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR15259, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR15259/[1]
References and Footnotes
(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
(2) M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 39
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348, 352
