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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.== | ||
| − | + | No. 32 was built by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890.(1) | |
| + | * Seating Capacity: 40 people | ||
| + | * 4 wheel trucks. | ||
| + | * Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2) | ||
| − | The | + | The Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo gives a date of 1923 which is likely the date when the cupola was added during a major rebuild. |
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| + | The car was re-numbered and converted to Van [[DAR000091]] in June 1941.(1) | ||
| + | It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3) | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Image:DAR000032.jpg | Image:DAR000032.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | + | (1) ''Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases'' Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4 | |
| + | (2) [[MP14FORMS|C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]], 1941, p. 38 | ||
| + | (3) [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]] letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Passenger]] | [[Category:Passenger]] | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 14 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.
No. 32 was built by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1)
- Seating Capacity: 40 people
- 4 wheel trucks.
- Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2)
The Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo gives a date of 1923 which is likely the date when the cupola was added during a major rebuild.
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van DAR000091 in June 1941.(1) It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3)
Gallery
References and Footnotes
(1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4 (2) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1941, p. 38 (3) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
