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Became DAR No. 2 "Hiawatha" in 1893. | Became DAR No. 2 "Hiawatha" in 1893. | ||
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Revision as of 21:03, 20 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2 "Hiawatha"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866.
- Builder No. 63-64
- 12" x 22" cylinders
- 60" drivers.
Built for the Intercolonial Railway.
Rebuilt by Portland Works with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 3, part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.
Became DAR No. 2 "Hiawatha" in 1893.
It was later sold to the New Brunswick Railway.(1)
Name Origin: The namesake hero of William Longfellow's popular 1855 epic poem "Song of Hiawatha".
Gallery
References and Footnotes
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
(1) J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Thorny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-18223
