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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17.==
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".==
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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]]
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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893.
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*Builder No. 13437
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*14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders, rebuilt as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
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*66" drivers.
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It was built as a locomotive for the [[Western Counties Railway|Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway]] (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.
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It was scrapped in July 1923.
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Name Origin: [[Yarmouth]], Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] circa 1900.
 
Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] circa 1900.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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Other Known Photographs:
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* McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3984
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* Stephens Collection,  Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
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[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
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[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:Steam]]
 
[[Category:Steam]]
 
[[Category:4-4-0]]
 
[[Category:4-4-0]]
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[[Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
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[[Category:Western Counties Railway]]

Revision as of 21:49, 3 December 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1893.

  • Builder No. 13437
  • 14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders, rebuilt as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
  • 66" drivers.

It was built as a locomotive for the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.

It was scrapped in July 1923.

Name Origin: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

  • McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3984
  • Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882

References and Footnotes

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List

Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348

External Links