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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Boom Car No. 798.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Boom Car No. 798.== | ||
| − | A boom car apparently made from an outside-braced wood-sheathed boxcar. | + | A boom car apparently made from an outside-braced wood-sheathed boxcar. Listed officially in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters <ref>[[MP14FORMS|C.P.R. 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters on pg. 71]]</ref> as a "tender flat" built in 1901 with steel underframe and a length over strikers of 36'-8". |
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| + | Note the arch-bar trucks, wooden ends, and roof-top brake wheel that indicate the early date as noted in the M.P. 14. early date. | ||
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
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| + | File:McBride2p68Amed.jpg|[[DAR0540|Locomotive No. 540]]; [[DAR000798|Boom Car No. 798]] and [[DAR000802|Wreck Crane No. 802]] with wreck of [[Train No. 98]] near [[Clementsport]], Aug. 2, 1944. | ||
File:SGM-B0087.jpg|Track Crane [[DAR000802|No. 802]], boom car [[DAR000798|No. 798]], wheel car [[DAR031069|No. 31069]] and the end, car [[DAR403112|No. 403112]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|Kentville Repair Shop]] on March 30, 1946. | File:SGM-B0087.jpg|Track Crane [[DAR000802|No. 802]], boom car [[DAR000798|No. 798]], wheel car [[DAR031069|No. 31069]] and the end, car [[DAR403112|No. 403112]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|Kentville Repair Shop]] on March 30, 1946. | ||
File:SGM-B0086.jpg|Track Crane [[DAR000802|No. 802]], boom car [[DAR000798|No. 798]] and wheel set car [[DAR031069|No. 31069]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] on May 2, 1947. | File:SGM-B0086.jpg|Track Crane [[DAR000802|No. 802]], boom car [[DAR000798|No. 798]] and wheel set car [[DAR031069|No. 31069]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] on May 2, 1947. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:55, 9 June 2017
Dominion Atlantic Railway Boom Car No. 798.
A boom car apparently made from an outside-braced wood-sheathed boxcar. Listed officially in the 1947 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters [1] as a "tender flat" built in 1901 with steel underframe and a length over strikers of 36'-8".
Note the arch-bar trucks, wooden ends, and roof-top brake wheel that indicate the early date as noted in the M.P. 14. early date.
Gallery
Locomotive No. 540; Boom Car No. 798 and Wreck Crane No. 802 with wreck of Train No. 98 near Clementsport, Aug. 2, 1944.
Track Crane No. 802, boom car No. 798, wheel car No. 31069 and the end, car No. 403112 in front of the Kentville Repair Shop on March 30, 1946.
Track Crane No. 802, boom car No. 798 and wheel set car No. 31069 in front of the repair shop on May 2, 1947.
