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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Business Car, "Nova Scotia"== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Business Car, "Nova Scotia"== | ||
"Nova Scotia" was built by Pullman as the parlour car "Sanspauriel". It was converted to a business car for the DAR General Manager.(1) The car survives today as part of a railway themed restaurant in Orillia, Ontario.(2) | "Nova Scotia" was built by Pullman as the parlour car "Sanspauriel". It was converted to a business car for the DAR General Manager.(1) The car survives today as part of a railway themed restaurant in Orillia, Ontario.(2) | ||
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| + | Listed in the C.P.R. M.P. 1922 in the D.A.R. section as being built in 1896, this car was wood and 60' 8" in length. (3) | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *(3) *[http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/mp14_1922_passenger.pdf January 1, 1922 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 (passenger only) at CPHA.] | ||
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Revision as of 18:26, 26 May 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Business Car, "Nova Scotia"
"Nova Scotia" was built by Pullman as the parlour car "Sanspauriel". It was converted to a business car for the DAR General Manager.(1) The car survives today as part of a railway themed restaurant in Orillia, Ontario.(2)
Listed in the C.P.R. M.P. 1922 in the D.A.R. section as being built in 1896, this car was wood and 60' 8" in length. (3)
Gallery
Business Car Nova Scotia beside the Kentville Car Shop in August 1949.
No. 470 leaving for Kingsport, from Kentville in August 1951. Visible is the business car Nova Scotia in front of the repair shop.
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
Nova Scotia, at Kentville Railyard parked beside the repair shop in Kentville, NS on August 27, 1956.
Mixed Train for Kingsport leaving yard. Visible is business car Nova Scotia beside the repair shop and the coaling tower in Kentville on August 28, 1956.
References and Footnotes
(1) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
(2) Canadian Trackside Guide 2008, Bytown Railway Society
