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| − | + | The DAR's second locomotive No. 44 was built in 1913 for the Quebec Central Railway (another subsidiary of the CPR) as QCR No. 44. It was not a standard CPR ten wheeler but part of a special order of four built for the Quebec Central. No. 44 was transferred to the DAR in April of 1942 by one source(1) or 1943 by others and kept the same number to become DAR No. 44. It was scrapped in March 1954. | |
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 44 (1st) "Poutrincourt" ~ 1928-1940
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.
- Builder No. 26749
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
- CPR Class: D6a
This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 928, renumbered as CPR No. 502 in 1908.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in June 1928 and became DAR No. 44, "Poutrincourt". In 1940, it was renumbered as No. 502 and scrapped in March 1946. See DAR No. 502 for details of later career.
Name Origins:
- Jean de Biencourt, Baron de Poutrincourt, second governor of Acadia (1610-1615), the same name retained when renumbered as DAR No. 502 and later used by another locomotive, DAR No. 518.
Gallery
No. 44 when it was numbered as No. 502 arriving at Lawrencetown Station.
Other known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-4022 (in Kentville, August 1940)
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-8358
References and Footnotes
(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 44 (2nd) ~ 1942-1954
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Canadian Locomotive Works at Kingston, Ontario in June 1913.
- Builder No. 1195
- 21" x 26" cylinders
- 66" drivers
- Boiler Pressure: 190 psi
- Total Weight: 283,000 lbs
- 52' wheelbase length
The DAR's second locomotive No. 44 was built in 1913 for the Quebec Central Railway (another subsidiary of the CPR) as QCR No. 44. It was not a standard CPR ten wheeler but part of a special order of four built for the Quebec Central. No. 44 was transferred to the DAR in April of 1942 by one source(1) or 1943 by others and kept the same number to become DAR No. 44. It was scrapped in March 1954.
Gallery
No. 44 at Bridgetown station in August of 1949.
No. 44 at Truro Roundhouse in Truro in April 1949.
Other Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-4023 in Truro April 30, 1949 and N-4021 in Digby August 1953.
- In Windsor, NS, 1922 - Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-8359 and 8360 in Truro.
- Photo of locomotive on page 45, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.
References and Footnotes
(1)*January 1, 1941 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, page 15.
(2)Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotives Companies 1854 to 1968 by Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, No. 428-432, p. 194.
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
