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| + | =Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2552 "Haliburton"= | ||
| + | No. 2552 was the first Pacific class locomotive to arrive on the DAR and marked the arrival of heavier power for the DAR. Her long service on the line from 1936 to 1956 and attractive paint schemes attracted considerable photographic attention. | ||
| − | Built | + | Built [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]], Montreal in March 1909. |
| + | *Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-6-2|4-6-2]] (Pacific) | ||
| + | *22.5" x 28" cylinders | ||
| + | *70" drivers. | ||
| + | *64' 6" wheelbase length | ||
| + | *75' 8" over couplers | ||
| + | *Weight: 237,000 lbs loaded; 219,000 lbs light; 155,000 lbs on drivers<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', p. 399</ref> | ||
| + | *CPR Class: [[:category:G2s|G2s]] | ||
| − | Name Origin: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted Nova Scotian writer of the 19th century and [[Windsor]] resident, author of ''Sam Slick'' novels and provincial history. Earlier used by [[DAR0037|DAR No. 37]]. | + | Built by the [[:Category:CPR Angus Shops|Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops]] in 1909, No. 2552 served on another CPR subsidiary, the Montreal and Atlantic and was listed as such in 1927.<ref>C.P.R., ''[[19410101-MP14|M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1941]]'', p 15.</ref> No. 2552 was the first 4-6-2 Pacific to serve on the DAR and was the heaviest locomotive to operate on the line when it arrived in October 1936.<ref>"Heavy Engines Arrive for D. A. Railway", [[:Category:Advertiser|''Kentville Advertiser'']], Oct. 15, 1936, page 1</ref> Anticipating 2552's arrival with subsequent larger locomotives to permit heavier and faster trains, the DAR upgraded bridges, tracks and engine houses along its mainline to accommodate the larger locomotives. As the first large locomotive to arrive on the DAR, it was featured in [[Marguerite Woodworth]]'s [[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]] in 1936 and led the noted "Five Loco Lineup" photo portrait by [[:Category:Edson Graham Photo|Edson Graham]] in May 1927. No. 2552 it was lettered for the Dominion Atlantic and given the name "Haliburton" along with a cast brass name plate in July 1937.<ref>[[Bishop, George|George Bishop]], "Railway Notes", [[:Category:Advertiser|''Kentville Advertiser'']], July 22, 1937</ref> No. 2552 was officially transferred to the DAR in 1937, first showing up as DAR unit on M.P. 14 1938 and listed as a D.A.R. unit way through to 1950.<ref>C.P.R., ''[[:Category:MP14FORMS|M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]'', 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15</ref> The locomotive reverted to CPR lettering in the latter part of World War Two, but photographs indicate that it again received a DAR lettering and herald between 1949 and 1950. By 1948, photographs indicated that it had received a new tender with curved sides. From 1952 to 1955 No. 2552 was still listed but as a CPR unit in the M.P. 14s. It was scrapped in July 1956.<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', p. 311, 348, 352.</ref> |
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| + | Name Origin: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted Nova Scotian writer of the 19th century and [[Windsor]] resident, author of ''Sam Slick'' novels and provincial history. Earlier used by [[DAR0037|DAR No. 37]]. | ||
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| + | ==Operational Appearances== | ||
| + | *[[1940-01-05-0834 - Train No. 96]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | Image:DAR2552c.jpg|[[DAR2552|No. 2552]] just after its arrival in [[Kentville]], | + | File:Kalkman20.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] at the [[Kentville Station]], newly arrived Nov. 1936. |
| − | + | Image:DAR2552c.jpg|[[DAR2552|No. 2552]] just after its arrival in [[Kentville]], April 1937. | |
| − | Image:DAR1040-2552.jpg|[[DAR1040|No. 1040]] and [[Train No. 96]] meets [[Train No. 95]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] with mail car [[DAR003713|No. 3713]] at [[Windsor]] | + | File:Kalkman21.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] posed at [[Kentville]], April 1937. |
| + | File:Kalkman19.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] leaving [[Kentville]] with passenger train, [[Kentville Station]] in background and [[P. R. Ritcey|P. R. Ritcey warehouses]] to right, April 1937. | ||
| + | File:5 loco.jpg|The Five Locomotive Line-up, Side View, of locomotives [[DAR2552|No. 2552]], [[DAR0999|No. 999]], [[DAR0544|No. 544]], [[DAR0032|No. 32]] and [[DAR0025|No. 25]] posed in the [[Kentville Railyard]], May 14, 1937. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman113.jpg|The Five Locomotive Line-up, Head-On View, of locomotives [[DAR2552|No. 2552]], [[DAR0999|No. 999]], [[DAR0544|No. 544]], [[DAR0032|No. 32]] and [[DAR0025|No. 25]] posed in the [[Kentville Railyard]], May 14, 1937. | ||
| + | File:Advertiser July 22 1937.JPG|Article on naming and DAR colours for [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] by [[Bishop, George|George Bishop]], [[:Category:The Advertiser|''The Advertiser'']], Kentville, July 22, 1937. | ||
| + | File:Penny003.jpg|DAR [[DAR2552|locomotive No. 2552]] fresh from repainting in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] with a glimpse of [[DAR000851|Boarding car 851]] and [[DAR069832|Boxcar 69832]], circa summer 1937. | ||
| + | File:DAR - 2552.png|[[DAR2552|No. 2552]] at [[Kentville]] leading [[Train No. 98]] on Sept.10, 1937. Mail car is most likely [[DAR003713|No. 3713]]. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR04078a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR locomotive No. 2552]] at [[Truro]], December 1, 1938. | ||
| + | File:Fc2734a.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR No. 2552 "Haliburton"]] leaving [[Halifax]] station, still from motion picture, 1939. | ||
| + | File:DAR2552 Halifax 1939.jpeg|[[DAR2552|DAR Locomotive 2552]] in Halifax in 1939. | ||
| + | Image:DAR 2552 Halifax July 1939 - WR Moody Collection.jpg|[[DAR2552|Haliburton]], [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] at Halifax in July of 1939. | ||
| + | File:McBride2p72D.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] on the [[Kentville Turntable]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] and the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|Boiler Plant]] in background, circa 1942. | ||
| + | File:Na-5739-2552b.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]], Kentville, Nova Scotia, ca. 1943. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR08419a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR Locomotive 2552]] at [[Truro]], undated. | ||
| + | Image:DAR2552d.jpg|[[DAR2552|No. 2552]] at the [[Truro Roundhouse]] on June 22, 1944. | ||
| + | File:KeddyConlin5.jpg|Believed to be [[DAR2552|locomotive 2552]] with Earl McLeod and possibly James D. Smith, circa 1945. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR18269a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR Locomotive 2552]] at unknown location, unknown date. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-MAT000556.jpg|Locomotive 2552 at an unknown location. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR04079a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR locomotive No. 2552]] at [[Truro]], July 17, 1948. | ||
| + | File:4982-25.jpg|[[Bridgetown Station]] and [[DAR2552|locomotive No. 2552]] with an eastbound train, 1949. | ||
| + | Image:DAR1040-2552.jpg|[[DAR1040|No. 1040]] and [[Train No. 96]] meets [[Train No. 95]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] with mail car [[DAR003713|No. 3713]] at [[Windsor]], August 1949. | ||
Image:DAR2552b.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | Image:DAR2552b.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | ||
Image:Dar2552 train 95 Windsor.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | Image:Dar2552 train 95 Windsor.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | ||
| − | Image:DAR2552a.jpg|At Truro 1950. | + | Image:DAR2552a.jpg|At Truro, May 5, 1950. |
| − | + | File:Kalkman35A.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] and tank car in a minor mishap at [[Yarmouth]], Aug. 8, 1950. | |
| + | File:Kalkman35B.jpg|Detail of [[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] and tank car in a minor mishap at [[Yarmouth]], Aug. 8, 1950. | ||
| + | File:NSIS4680.jpg|[[Train No. 95]] pulled by [[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] crossing the [[Bear River Bridge]] with the ruins of the [[Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill]] to right, circa 1950. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR04077a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2552|DAR Locomotive No. 2552]] at [[Truro]], April 1953. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==Other Known Photographs of this locomotive== | ||
| + | *[https://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/STR08430/ Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08430a, No. 2555 lettered for the Montreal and Atlantic] | ||
| + | * [https://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/STR08419/ Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08419, No. 2552 at Truro, unknown date] | ||
| + | *Two photos of locomotive on page 53, [[Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3|"A Dominion Atlantic Sojourn." Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998.]], Halifax photo on Jan. 27, 1948 by [[:Category:Kenneth S. Macdonald Photo|Kenneth S. MacDonald]] and Truro photo c. 1939 in the collection of [[:Category:Kenneth S. Macdonald Collection|Kenneth S. MacDonald]]. | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:40, 5 December 2025
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2552 "Haliburton"
No. 2552 was the first Pacific class locomotive to arrive on the DAR and marked the arrival of heavier power for the DAR. Her long service on the line from 1936 to 1956 and attractive paint schemes attracted considerable photographic attention.
Built Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops, Montreal in March 1909.
- Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2 (Pacific)
- 22.5" x 28" cylinders
- 70" drivers.
- 64' 6" wheelbase length
- 75' 8" over couplers
- Weight: 237,000 lbs loaded; 219,000 lbs light; 155,000 lbs on drivers[1]
- CPR Class: G2s
Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in 1909, No. 2552 served on another CPR subsidiary, the Montreal and Atlantic and was listed as such in 1927.[2] No. 2552 was the first 4-6-2 Pacific to serve on the DAR and was the heaviest locomotive to operate on the line when it arrived in October 1936.[3] Anticipating 2552's arrival with subsequent larger locomotives to permit heavier and faster trains, the DAR upgraded bridges, tracks and engine houses along its mainline to accommodate the larger locomotives. As the first large locomotive to arrive on the DAR, it was featured in Marguerite Woodworth's History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1936 and led the noted "Five Loco Lineup" photo portrait by Edson Graham in May 1927. No. 2552 it was lettered for the Dominion Atlantic and given the name "Haliburton" along with a cast brass name plate in July 1937.[4] No. 2552 was officially transferred to the DAR in 1937, first showing up as DAR unit on M.P. 14 1938 and listed as a D.A.R. unit way through to 1950.[5] The locomotive reverted to CPR lettering in the latter part of World War Two, but photographs indicate that it again received a DAR lettering and herald between 1949 and 1950. By 1948, photographs indicated that it had received a new tender with curved sides. From 1952 to 1955 No. 2552 was still listed but as a CPR unit in the M.P. 14s. It was scrapped in July 1956.[6]
Name Origin: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted Nova Scotian writer of the 19th century and Windsor resident, author of Sam Slick novels and provincial history. Earlier used by DAR No. 37.
Operational Appearances
Gallery
Locomotive No. 2552 at the Kentville Station, newly arrived Nov. 1936.
Locomotive No. 2552 posed at Kentville, April 1937.
Locomotive No. 2552 leaving Kentville with passenger train, Kentville Station in background and P. R. Ritcey warehouses to right, April 1937.
Article on naming and DAR colours for No. 2552 by George Bishop, The Advertiser, Kentville, July 22, 1937.
DAR locomotive No. 2552 fresh from repainting in front of the Kentville Repair Shop with a glimpse of Boarding car 851 and Boxcar 69832, circa summer 1937.
No. 2552 at Kentville leading Train No. 98 on Sept.10, 1937. Mail car is most likely No. 3713.
DAR locomotive No. 2552 at Truro, December 1, 1938.
DAR No. 2552 "Haliburton" leaving Halifax station, still from motion picture, 1939.
DAR Locomotive 2552 in Halifax in 1939.
Haliburton, No. 2552 at Halifax in July of 1939.
Locomotive No. 2552 on the Kentville Turntable with the Machine Shop and the Boiler Plant in background, circa 1942.
Locomotive No. 2552, Kentville, Nova Scotia, ca. 1943.
DAR Locomotive 2552 at Truro, undated.
No. 2552 at the Truro Roundhouse on June 22, 1944.
Believed to be locomotive 2552 with Earl McLeod and possibly James D. Smith, circa 1945.
DAR Locomotive 2552 at unknown location, unknown date.
Locomotive 2552 at an unknown location.
DAR locomotive No. 2552 at Truro, July 17, 1948.
Bridgetown Station and locomotive No. 2552 with an eastbound train, 1949.
No. 1040 and Train No. 96 meets Train No. 95 led by No. 2552 with mail car No. 3713 at Windsor, August 1949.
Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.
Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.
At Truro, May 5, 1950.
Locomotive No. 2552 and tank car in a minor mishap at Yarmouth, Aug. 8, 1950.
Detail of Locomotive No. 2552 and tank car in a minor mishap at Yarmouth, Aug. 8, 1950.
Train No. 95 pulled by Locomotive No. 2552 crossing the Bear River Bridge with the ruins of the Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill to right, circa 1950.
DAR Locomotive No. 2552 at Truro, April 1953.
Other Known Photographs of this locomotive
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08430a, No. 2555 lettered for the Montreal and Atlantic
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08419, No. 2552 at Truro, unknown date
- Two photos of locomotive on page 53, "A Dominion Atlantic Sojourn." Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998., Halifax photo on Jan. 27, 1948 by Kenneth S. MacDonald and Truro photo c. 1939 in the collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 399
- ↑ C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1941, p 15.
- ↑ "Heavy Engines Arrive for D. A. Railway", Kentville Advertiser, Oct. 15, 1936, page 1
- ↑ George Bishop, "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, July 22, 1937
- ↑ C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 311, 348, 352.
