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| − | Built by Canadian Car and Foundry in | + | =Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine Car No. 3252= |
| + | Built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1924, Combine 3252 was an 83 foot heavyweight combined smoking and baggage car with seats for 48 passengers.(1) It was used on the last mixed passenger and freight runs of the DAR when it was retired in 1972.(2) The car was given to [[Warden, George|George Warden]], a retired DAR conductor, for use as a railway museum. Warden had the combine parked on special tracks behind his house on River Street in Kentville. He filled it with photos, artifacts and documents about the DAR and opened it to the public as a private museum. After his death in 1975, his widow offered to give the car and collection to the town of Kentville but was turned down. The [[:Category:Musquodoboit Railway Museum|Musquodoboit Railway Museum]] in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia acquired the car and Warden's collection. His photo collection has been preserved, although the Musquodoboit museum, after years of vandalism and underfunded maintenance, was forced to scrap Combine Car 3252 in May 2021. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:CP 3252 Windsor Oct 16, 1965.jpg|Combine coach [[DAR003252|No. 3252]] at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note the [[Windsor Freight Shed]] in the background. | ||
| + | Image:Combine3252.jpg|Combine [[DAR003252|No. 3252]] at the [[:Category:Musquodoboit Railway Museum|Musquodoboit Railway Museum]] Mar. 14, 2011. | ||
| + | Image:Combine3252 end.jpg|End of Combine 3252 at the [[:Category:Musquodoboit Railway Museum|Musquodoboit Railway Museum]] Mar. 14, 2011. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | (1) [http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1965_Equipment.PDF CPR MP14 Summary of Motive Power and Rolling Stock 1965, p. 28] | ||
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| + | (2) [http://www.novascotiarailwayheritage.com/musquodoboit.htm Musquodoboit Railway Museum] | ||
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''Canadian Trackside Guide 2008'', page 3-110 | ''Canadian Trackside Guide 2008'', page 3-110 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | |
| − | + | *[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/folio_passenger/4218-7.pdf Baggage Smoking folio sheet 3100-3299 at CPHA] | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Mechanical_Drawings_Passenger/floorplan_combine_3250-3257.pdf Combine 3250-3257 floor plan at CPHA.]] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/folio_passenger/44-C-659.pdf Baggage & Smoker folio sheet 3250-3257 at CPHA] |
[[Category:Passenger]] | [[Category:Passenger]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Combines]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Preserved DAR Equipment]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:00, 22 July 2021
Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine Car No. 3252
Built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1924, Combine 3252 was an 83 foot heavyweight combined smoking and baggage car with seats for 48 passengers.(1) It was used on the last mixed passenger and freight runs of the DAR when it was retired in 1972.(2) The car was given to George Warden, a retired DAR conductor, for use as a railway museum. Warden had the combine parked on special tracks behind his house on River Street in Kentville. He filled it with photos, artifacts and documents about the DAR and opened it to the public as a private museum. After his death in 1975, his widow offered to give the car and collection to the town of Kentville but was turned down. The Musquodoboit Railway Museum in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia acquired the car and Warden's collection. His photo collection has been preserved, although the Musquodoboit museum, after years of vandalism and underfunded maintenance, was forced to scrap Combine Car 3252 in May 2021.
Gallery
Combine coach No. 3252 at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note the Windsor Freight Shed in the background.
Combine No. 3252 at the Musquodoboit Railway Museum Mar. 14, 2011.
End of Combine 3252 at the Musquodoboit Railway Museum Mar. 14, 2011.
References and Footnotes
(1) CPR MP14 Summary of Motive Power and Rolling Stock 1965, p. 28
(2) Musquodoboit Railway Museum
Canadian Trackside Guide 2008, page 3-110
