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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 4, "Aurora" == | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 4, "Aurora" == | ||
| + | Built by Flemming in Saint John, New Brunswick. | ||
| + | *15"x22" cylinders | ||
| + | *66" drivers | ||
Began as Eastern and Euorpean Railway No. 9 "Ossekeag". | Began as Eastern and Euorpean Railway No. 9 "Ossekeag". | ||
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Later Intercolonial Railway No. 32. | Later Intercolonial Railway No. 32. | ||
| − | In 1875, it was traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 4 "Blomidon", part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.(1) | + | In 1875, it was rebuilt by Flemming with 18"x24" cylinders and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 4 "Blomidon", part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.(1) |
It became DAR No. 4 "Aurora" in 1893.(2) | It became DAR No. 4 "Aurora" in 1893.(2) | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 1 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 4, "Aurora"
Built by Flemming in Saint John, New Brunswick.
- 15"x22" cylinders
- 66" drivers
Began as Eastern and Euorpean Railway No. 9 "Ossekeag".
Later Intercolonial Railway No. 32.
In 1875, it was rebuilt by Flemming with 18"x24" cylinders and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 4 "Blomidon", part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.(1)
It became DAR No. 4 "Aurora" in 1893.(2)
Gallery
References and Footnotes
(1) J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Throny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
(2) McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3967
