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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 23 "Regina", "Cornwallis"== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 23 "Regina", "Cornwallis"== | ||
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 July 1896. | Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in July 1896. | ||
*Builder No. 14966 | *Builder No. 14966 | ||
| − | *18" x 24" cylinders | + | *Boiler pressure 180 psi. |
| − | *66" drivers. | + | *Tractive effort 17,000. |
| + | *18" x 24" cylinders<ref>[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"</ref> 17.5" x 18" cylinders<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348, 352</ref> May have had compound cylinders when built. | ||
| + | *66" drivers (CSTM says 68" drivers). | ||
| − | Ordered as [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] locomotive No. 18, it was delivered well after the 1894 merger lettered from the beginning as DAR No. 23 "Regina", later renamed "Cornwallis". It was the last surviving locomotive from the Windsor and Annapolis era and one of the last 4-4-0s on the DAR. | + | Ordered as [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] locomotive No. 18, it was delivered well after the 1894 merger, lettered from the beginning as DAR No. 23 "Regina", later renamed "Cornwallis". No. 23 often worked the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|CVR line to Kingsport]] pulling the morning school trains. It was the last surviving locomotive from the Windsor and Annapolis era and one of the last 4-4-0s on the DAR. |
| − | + | No. 23 made its last run in July 1938 and was scrapped in [[Kentville]] in August and September, 1938.<ref>[[M. Allen Gibson]], ''[[Train Time]]'', page 34 & 39 and [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]]'s DAR Photo Album No. 1, page 16, both say No. 23 was scrapped in September 1937. However, closer to the event, The ''Kentville Advertiser'' reported her last run and scrapping in August 1938 [[Bishop, George|George Bishop]] "Railway Notes", ''Kentville Advertiser'', August 4, 1938.</ref> | |
| − | Name Origin: Regina | + | Name Origin: Regina - Latin for Queen. Cornwallis - Edward Cornwallis, founder of [[Halifax]]. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | Image:DAR0023a.jpg|[[DAR0023|No. 23]] "Regina", builders photo 1896. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman089.jpg|[[DAR0023|DAR engine No. 23 "Regina"]] at the [[Windsor Station]] platform with passenger train and an [[:Category:Vans|early DAR Van]] on next track, circa 1905. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0023b.jpg|[[DAR0023|No. 23]] "Regina". | ||
| + | File:DAR - Engine 23 Regina B - Windsor - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - Summertime 1924.JPG|[[DAR0023|DAR locomotive No. 23]] at the [[Windsor Enginehouse]], photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], summer 1924. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0023c.jpg|[[DAR0023|No. 23]] "Cornwallis" being scrapped at Kentville August 1937. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
| − | Known Photographs: | + | Other Known Photographs: |
| − | * | + | * Canada Science and Technology Museum, builders photo 1896, Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR03991, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR03991/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-03991_eee3887464c79fbbfa0d503bfb5aa35cb4a09879.jpeg</ref> |
| − | * | + | * Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR09884, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR09884/ <ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/226/STR-09884_5e3635cf43c5af57fec4f4764fe2733044b50cfe.jpeg</ref> |
| + | * Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR03990, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR03990/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-03990_0202c1fd7dfe13bcc0adc577bdf50555227c7882.jpeg</ref> | ||
* Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-009398 | * Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-009398 | ||
| − | * [[M. Allen Gibson]], ''[[Train Time]]'', Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 34 being scrapped Kentville Sept, 1937 | + | * [[M. Allen Gibson]], ''[[Train Time]]'', Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 34 (being scrapped Kentville Sept, 1937?) |
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:26, 23 April 2025
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 23 "Regina", "Cornwallis"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0 Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in July 1896.
- Builder No. 14966
- Boiler pressure 180 psi.
- Tractive effort 17,000.
- 18" x 24" cylinders[1] 17.5" x 18" cylinders[2] May have had compound cylinders when built.
- 66" drivers (CSTM says 68" drivers).
Ordered as Windsor and Annapolis Railway locomotive No. 18, it was delivered well after the 1894 merger, lettered from the beginning as DAR No. 23 "Regina", later renamed "Cornwallis". No. 23 often worked the CVR line to Kingsport pulling the morning school trains. It was the last surviving locomotive from the Windsor and Annapolis era and one of the last 4-4-0s on the DAR.
No. 23 made its last run in July 1938 and was scrapped in Kentville in August and September, 1938.[3]
Name Origin: Regina - Latin for Queen. Cornwallis - Edward Cornwallis, founder of Halifax.
Gallery
No. 23 "Regina", builders photo 1896.
DAR engine No. 23 "Regina" at the Windsor Station platform with passenger train and an early DAR Van on next track, circa 1905.
No. 23 "Regina".
DAR locomotive No. 23 at the Windsor Enginehouse, photographed by Harold Jenkins, summer 1924.
No. 23 "Cornwallis" being scrapped at Kentville August 1937.
Other Known Photographs:
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, builders photo 1896, Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR03991, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR03991/[4]
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR09884, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR09884/ [5]
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR03990, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR03990/[6]
- Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-009398
- M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 34 (being scrapped Kentville Sept, 1937?)
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348, 352
- ↑ M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, page 34 & 39 and Charles McBride's DAR Photo Album No. 1, page 16, both say No. 23 was scrapped in September 1937. However, closer to the event, The Kentville Advertiser reported her last run and scrapping in August 1938 George Bishop "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, August 4, 1938.
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-03991_eee3887464c79fbbfa0d503bfb5aa35cb4a09879.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/226/STR-09884_5e3635cf43c5af57fec4f4764fe2733044b50cfe.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-03990_0202c1fd7dfe13bcc0adc577bdf50555227c7882.jpeg
