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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-6-0|4-6-0]] | Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-6-0|4-6-0]] | ||
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*CPR Class: [[:category:D6a|D6a]] | *CPR Class: [[:category:D6a|D6a]] | ||
| − | This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 943, renumbered as CPR No. 517 in 1908. | + | This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 943, renumbered as CPR No. 517 in 1908.<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 258 & 348.</ref> It was transferred to the DAR in June 1923 and became DAR No. 43, "Byng" - named after Canada's Governor General at the time. By 1933 it had been renamed "Nicholson". It was scrapped in May 1940. |
Name Origins: | Name Origins: | ||
* Viscount Byng of Vimy, Governor General of Canada 1920-1926 | * Viscount Byng of Vimy, Governor General of Canada 1920-1926 | ||
| − | * Col. Francis Nicholson, leader of the British expedition which captured Acadia in 1710 and later Governor of Nova Scotia, the same name later used by [[DAR0555|DAR No. 555]]. | + | * Col. Francis Nicholson, leader of the British expedition which captured Acadia in 1710 and later Governor of Nova Scotia, the same name later used by [[DAR0555|DAR No. 555]]. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | + | File:Kalkman074.jpg|[[DAR0043|DAR locomotive No. 43 "Byng"]] and crew at [[Kentville]] with Governor General Lord Byng's special train, August, 1923. | |
| + | File:Kalkman092.jpg|[[DAR0043|DAR Engine No. 43]] with [[Train No. 98]], at [[Digby Wharf]] with engineer [[Ward, Harry|Harry Ward]] centre & wharf agent [[McBride, Charles|McBride]] on right, [[SS Princess Helene]] in distance, circa 1930s. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0043a.jpg|[[DAR0043|No. 43]] dockside at Digby, circa 1935. | ||
| + | File:DAR43numberplate.jpg|[[:Category:Number Plates|Number plate]] from [[DAR0043|No. 43]] at the [[:Category:Canadian Railroad Historical Association|Exporail Museum]] in Delson, Quebec, Dec. 30, 2022. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Known Photographs: | Known Photographs: | ||
| − | * | + | * Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18250, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18250/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/235/STR-18250_617868dd1419d49fcf83693b4222bd9287a3d382.jpeg</ref> (in Windsor with DAR caboose) |
| − | * | + | * Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08357, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08357/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08357_d06f9034f0eec6b60be7935163390d8914b2f7c4.jpeg</ref> (in Kentville) |
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | + | <references/> | |
[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" | [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" | ||
Latest revision as of 18:10, 19 October 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 43 "Byng", "Nicholson"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.
- Builder No. 26764
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
- CPR Class: D6a
This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 943, renumbered as CPR No. 517 in 1908.[1] It was transferred to the DAR in June 1923 and became DAR No. 43, "Byng" - named after Canada's Governor General at the time. By 1933 it had been renamed "Nicholson". It was scrapped in May 1940.
Name Origins:
- Viscount Byng of Vimy, Governor General of Canada 1920-1926
- Col. Francis Nicholson, leader of the British expedition which captured Acadia in 1710 and later Governor of Nova Scotia, the same name later used by DAR No. 555.
Gallery
DAR locomotive No. 43 "Byng" and crew at Kentville with Governor General Lord Byng's special train, August, 1923.
DAR Engine No. 43 with Train No. 98, at Digby Wharf with engineer Harry Ward centre & wharf agent McBride on right, SS Princess Helene in distance, circa 1930s.
No. 43 dockside at Digby, circa 1935.
Number plate from No. 43 at the Exporail Museum in Delson, Quebec, Dec. 30, 2022.
Known Photographs:
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18250, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18250/[2] (in Windsor with DAR caboose)
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08357, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08357/[3] (in Kentville)
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/235/STR-18250_617868dd1419d49fcf83693b4222bd9287a3d382.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08357_d06f9034f0eec6b60be7935163390d8914b2f7c4.jpeg
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
