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*66" drivers.
 
*66" drivers.
  
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1891, it was originally No. 10 on the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]]. It was the first "foreign" locomotive to run over the former [[Western Counties Railway]] in October 1 1894 when it pulled a special train of dignitaries to Yarmouth commemorating the occasion of the DAR take-over on October 1, 1894.(1)
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Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1891, it was originally No. 10 on the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]]. It was the first "foreign" locomotive to run over the former [[Western Counties Railway]] in October 1 1894 when it pulled a special train of dignitaries to Yarmouth commemorating the occasion of the DAR take-over on October 1, 1894.<ref>[[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two), page 4</ref>
  
It was destroyed by a fire on July 8, 1915 when the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] burned destroying [[DAR0012|No. 12]] and [[DAR0022|No. 22]].<ref>"KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", ''Digby Courier'', July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes</ref>
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It was damaged in a collision at [[Mount Denson]] with an ore train pulled by [[DAR0004|W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon"]], July 23, 1894.
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No. 10 was seriously damaged again in the same year with a collision at [[Windsor Junction]] on Nov. 6, 1894 when it hit an ICR train in heavy fog.<ref>[“Two Trains Collide at Windsor Junction”, Halifax Herald, Nov. 7, 1894; Digby Courier, Nov. 8, 1894, Carl Riff Collection</ref> The locomotive was repaired and repainted at the [[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville Shops]] and returned to service in April 1895.<ref>''Digby Courier'', April 3, 1895, Carl Riff Collection</ref>
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It was destroyed by a fire on July 8, 1915 when the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] burned with the loss of [[DAR0012|No. 12]] and [[DAR0022|No. 22]].<ref>"KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", ''Digby Courier'', July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes</ref>
  
 
Name Origin: Kentville, the headquarters of the Windsor and Annapolis and the DAR.
 
Name Origin: Kentville, the headquarters of the Windsor and Annapolis and the DAR.
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File:DAR-Engine10andTrainB-Windsor-HBJeffersonPhoto.JPG|[[DAR0012|Windsor & Annapolis No. 10, later DAR No. 12]] & Train B at the [[Windsor Station]], circa 1891.
 
File:DAR-Engine10andTrainB-Windsor-HBJeffersonPhoto.JPG|[[DAR0012|Windsor & Annapolis No. 10, later DAR No. 12]] & Train B at the [[Windsor Station]], circa 1891.
Image:DAR0012a.jpg|[[DAR0012|"Kentville"]]
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File:Gertridge021.jpg|Collision in [[Mount Denson]] at Pentz Bridge between the Cherry Excursion pulled by [[DAR0012|W&AR No. 10 "Kentville"]], right, and ore train pulled by [[DAR0004|W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon"]], left, July 23, 1894.
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File:Gertridge022.jpg|Rolling stock arrives in [[Kentville]] from the July 23, 1894 [[Mount Denson]] collision between [[DAR0012|W&AR No. 10 "Kentville"]] on left with [[DAR0004|W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon"]] on right, July 24, 1894.
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Image:DAR0012a.jpg|[[DAR0012|DAR No. 12, "Kentville"]], circa 1895.
 
File:CSTM-STR03977a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR000024|Combine No. 24]] (behind engine) and [[DAR000031|Combine No. 31]] with [[DAR0012|Locomotive No. 12]] in a detail of a [[Kingsport Wharf]] photo, c. 1911
 
File:CSTM-STR03977a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR000024|Combine No. 24]] (behind engine) and [[DAR000031|Combine No. 31]] with [[DAR0012|Locomotive No. 12]] in a detail of a [[Kingsport Wharf]] photo, c. 1911
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File:STR03978.jpg|[[DAR0012|"Kentville"]] with The Flying Bluenose, near Bear River, 1912.
 
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Other Known Photographs:
 
Other Known Photographs:
* [[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume One) at end of [[Kingsport]] Wharf, circa 1911 on page 5.
 
* [[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two) in Windsor as W&A No. 10, circa 1891 on page 4.
 
* [https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/STR-03978 Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, STR03978], with Flying Bluenose near Bear River in 1912.
 
 
* [https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/STR-18230 Stephens Collection,  Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR18230a].
 
* [https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/STR-18230 Stephens Collection,  Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR18230a].
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 
(1) [[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two), page 4
 
  
 
[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
 
[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 12 "Kentville"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1891.

  • Builder No. 11974
  • 17" x 24" cylinders
  • 66" drivers.

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1891, it was originally No. 10 on the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. It was the first "foreign" locomotive to run over the former Western Counties Railway in October 1 1894 when it pulled a special train of dignitaries to Yarmouth commemorating the occasion of the DAR take-over on October 1, 1894.[1]

It was damaged in a collision at Mount Denson with an ore train pulled by W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon", July 23, 1894.

No. 10 was seriously damaged again in the same year with a collision at Windsor Junction on Nov. 6, 1894 when it hit an ICR train in heavy fog.[2] The locomotive was repaired and repainted at the Kentville Shops and returned to service in April 1895.[3]

It was destroyed by a fire on July 8, 1915 when the Kentville Roundhouse burned with the loss of No. 12 and No. 22.[4]

Name Origin: Kentville, the headquarters of the Windsor and Annapolis and the DAR.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

References and Footnotes

  1. Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two), page 4
  2. [“Two Trains Collide at Windsor Junction”, Halifax Herald, Nov. 7, 1894; Digby Courier, Nov. 8, 1894, Carl Riff Collection
  3. Digby Courier, April 3, 1895, Carl Riff Collection
  4. "KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", Digby Courier, July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List

Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348

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