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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 547, Champlain.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 547, Champlain.== | ||
| − | + | This locomotive is a class D6d built somewhere between 1902 and 1904 by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) and are often referred to as a "Saxon". | |
Transferred to the D.A.R. from the C.P.R. in 1917, No. 547 was scrapped by the D.A.R. in 1946. | Transferred to the D.A.R. from the C.P.R. in 1917, No. 547 was scrapped by the D.A.R. in 1946. | ||
The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923. | The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923. | ||
| − | Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer [[Cliff Hebert]] and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville. | + | Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer [[Cliff Hebert]] and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville. (1) |
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| + | The locomotive appears on the 1941 roster as a D.A.R. unti but not the 1947 roster at all. (2) | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | *(1) [[Gary W. Ness]], ''[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1), page 7.'', | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *(2) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1941_Equipment.pdf January 1, 1941 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, page 15.] | ||
[[Category:Steam]] | [[Category:Steam]] | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 25 May 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 547, Champlain.
This locomotive is a class D6d built somewhere between 1902 and 1904 by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) and are often referred to as a "Saxon". Transferred to the D.A.R. from the C.P.R. in 1917, No. 547 was scrapped by the D.A.R. in 1946.
The name Champlain was previously on No. 520, a D6b which was numbered No. 38 between 1917 and 1923.
Known to be assigned in 1939 to engineer Cliff Hebert and operated regularly on Mixed Trains Nos. 99 and 100 on the daily fast freights between Halifax and Kentville. (1)
The locomotive appears on the 1941 roster as a D.A.R. unti but not the 1947 roster at all. (2)
Gallery
References and Footnotes
- (1) Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), page 7.,
