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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1015.==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1015.==
  
Built by the [[:Category:Montreal Locomotive Works|Montreal Locomotive Works]] (MLW) in September of 1912. Never officially assigned to the DAR from the CPR. According to notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley (1), this unit was loaned to the DAR in January of 1946.
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A [[:Category:D10h|D10h class locomotive]], No. 1015 was built by the [[:Category:Montreal Locomotive Works|Montreal Locomotive Works]] (MLW) in June of 1912, builders number 50989. It was originally numbered CPR 2792, but renumbered as CPR 1015 in in December 1913.<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 301.</ref> Although, never officially transferred to the DAR from the CPR, it served in Nova Scotia for a considerable time. It arrived on the DAR in Feburary 1945<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'', page 12]]</ref> and according to notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley<ref>[http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_Equipment.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, p. 10.]</ref> and officially loaned to the DAR in January of 1946. No. 1015 survived a head-on collision with [[DAR1111|DAR No. 1111]] in Digby on July 19, 1956. It was scrapped in September 1960.<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 303.</ref>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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Image:DAR1015a.jpg
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Image:DAR1015a.jpg|No. 1015 at unknown location, possibly Kentville, unknown date.
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File:CSTM-STR-00190.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] at [[Windsor]], date unknown.
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File:Avon River Bridges.jpg|DAR [[DAR1015|engine No. 1015]] leads a freight train across the [[Avon River Bridge]] at [[Windsor]], late 1940s, early 1950s.
 
Image:DAR 1015 Windsor Aug 1952.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] at Windsor in August of 1952.
 
Image:DAR 1015 Windsor Aug 1952.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] at Windsor in August of 1952.
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File:CSTM-STR03514a_001_aa_cs.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] at Truro in June 1956.
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File:STR04094b.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] takes on water at Windsor, date unknown.
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File:KeddyConlin12.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] with a freight near [[Digby]] at an unknown date, circa. 1950.
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File:KeddyConlin7.jpg|Collision between locomotives [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] and [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], on July 19, 1956.
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File:KeddyConlin8.jpg|Collision between locomotives [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] and [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], on July 19, 1956.
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File:KeddyConlin9.jpg|DAR crew extricates [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:KeddyConlin10.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] and tank cars after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:KeddyConlin11.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], with [[Big Joggins Bridge]] in the background July 19, 1956.
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File:McBride3p40D.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after a collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:DAR-Crane-802.jpg|[[DAR000802|Crane No. 802]] arrives to lift [[DAR1015|locomotive 1015]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:McBride3p39C.jpg|[[DAR000802|Wreck Crane No. 802]] prepares to lift locomotive [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:Crane-802-Working.jpg|[[DAR000802|Crane No. 802]] lifting [[DAR1015|locomotive 1015]], after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], July 19, 1956.
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File:Mantua 1956.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] leads a [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland]] mixed train over a crossing at [[Mantua]] on August 28, 1956.
 
Image:DAR 1015 Mantua, NS 8-28-56 E.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] leads a [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland]] mixed train over a crossing at [[Mantua]] on August 28, 1956.
 
Image:DAR 1015 Mantua, NS 8-28-56 E.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] leads a [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland]] mixed train over a crossing at [[Mantua]] on August 28, 1956.
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File:1015DigbyWharfSpur01.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] on the Digby Wharf spur, probably in 1959.
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File:1015DigbyWharfSpur02.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] on the Digby Wharf spur, probably in 1959.
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
*(1) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_Equipment.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, p. 10.]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/nsis/archives.asp?ID=250&Language=English Nova Scotia Archives, No. 1015 crossing the Avon River Bridge.]
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* Kids posing in the cab of [[DAR1015|No. 1015]] at [[Weymouth]]. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=51094148162&set=gm.10150397165438393&type=3&theater
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*[http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0501/cp1015.jpg No. 1015 at Don's Depot]
  
 
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[[Category:Steam]]

Latest revision as of 19:29, 5 March 2025

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1015.

A D10h class locomotive, No. 1015 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in June of 1912, builders number 50989. It was originally numbered CPR 2792, but renumbered as CPR 1015 in in December 1913.[1] Although, never officially transferred to the DAR from the CPR, it served in Nova Scotia for a considerable time. It arrived on the DAR in Feburary 1945[2] and according to notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley[3] and officially loaned to the DAR in January of 1946. No. 1015 survived a head-on collision with DAR No. 1111 in Digby on July 19, 1956. It was scrapped in September 1960.[4]

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References and Footnotes

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