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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 25, Strathcona, Pontgravé.==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 25, Strathcona, Pontgravé.==
  
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Built by Baldwin in March 1901, builder number 18815, this engine was numbered No. 25 and was originally named "Strathcona" receiving the name "Pontgravé" for a short time only. This locomotive was scrapped in 1940. (1)
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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]]
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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in March 1901.
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*Builder No. 18988[?], 18815[?]
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*Boiler pressure 185 psi.
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*18" x 24" cylinders.
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*66" drivers.
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*Tractive effort 19,000 lbs.
  
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The mistake in identifying this loco as No. 5 on Page 60 of "[[Canadian Railways In Pictures]]" by [[Robert F. Legget]] is most likely that only the 5 can be seen on the sanding tower.
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Modifications and Changes (as noted from photos)<br>
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*Smoke Stack and Headlamp changed between 1901 and 1907.Strathcona name was on original head lamp.
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*Repainted and Strathcona changed to Pontgrave around 1923.
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*Marker Lanterns added high on boiler
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*Marker Lanterns added on pilot frame
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*Curved handrail added on bottom face of smoke box
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*Tender Altered 3 times
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*Cowcatcher changed
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Built new for the DAR, No. 25 was named "Strathcona" for most of its career, but renamed "Pontgrave" in the 1920s. It was a near twin to [[DAR0026|No. 26]].  Prior to 1920, No. 25 was driven by engineer Will Taylor and hauled Trains [[Train No. 93|93]] and [[Train No. 94|94]] east of [[Kentville]] to [[Halifax]] until replaced by the slightly newer [[DAR0027|No. 27]].<ref>[[J. B. King]] "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald''.</ref>
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It was scrapped in Kentville in March 1940.<ref>[[M. Allen Gibson]], ''[[Train Time]]'', Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 39.</ref>
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The name Pontgravé was also used on locomotive [[DAR0534|No. 534]].
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Name Origins:
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*"Strathcona": Lord Strathcona, Donald Smith, one of the founders of the CPR.
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* "Pontgravé": Francoise Sieur du Pontgravé, member of 1604 Port Royal expedition, completed the Port Royal habitation.
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:Kalkman097.jpg|Dominion Atlantic [[DAR0025|locomotive No. 25 "Strathcona"]] with a freight train, circa 1901.
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Image:DAR0025b.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]], "Strathcona" leading the Royal Train at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] NS in 1901.
 
Image:DAR0025b.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]], "Strathcona" leading the Royal Train at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] NS in 1901.
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Image:dar0005a.jpg|Location and date unknown.
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Image:DAR Portrait a.jpg|Locomotives [[DAR2552|No. 2552]], [[DAR0999|No. 999]], [[DAR0544|No. 544]], [[DAR0032|No. 32]] and [[DAR0025|No. 25]] in [[Kentville]], 1937.
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File: Engine25Strathcona-Midland1907.png | Strathcona in South Maintland Truro Bound 21 June 1907
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File:No 25 at Kentville 1914-19 Cyril White Collection.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] "Strathcona" at the [[Kentville Station]]. Estimated to be between 1914 and 1919.
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File:N-5120.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum Trains|Gypsum Train]] being loaded, probably at Mosher Quarry in [[Newport]] hauled by [[DAR0025|DAR locomotive No. 25]], circa 1920.
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File:MG 1 v.2377 no. 9.3 N-5119.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum Trains|Gypsum Train]] from Mosher Quarry shunted by [[DAR0025|DAR locomotive No. 25]] at [[Windsor Wharves]], circa 1920.
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Image:R85.jpeg|[[DAR0025|No. 25, Strathcona]] with a westbound express at the [[Annapolis Royal Station]]. Note also the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]] and the [[Bulk Fuel Depots|bulk fuel]] facility behind the station.
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Image:DAR0025d.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] "Strathcona" at [[Windsor]] circa 1923.
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Image:DAR0025c.jpg|Pontgravé, locomotive [[DAR0025|No. 25]] after 1923.
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File:CSTM-STR18238a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] "Pontgrave" at unknown location, possibly [[Digby]], 1930s.
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Image:DAR0025e.jpg|[[DAR0023|No. 25]] "Pontgrave" on shuttle run between Digby and wharf circa 1934.
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File:CSTM-STR03993a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0023|No. 25]] "Pontgrave" at the [[Digby Wharf]], 1930s.
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Image:DAR0025a.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] in [[Digby]], late 1930s.
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File:DAR0025 1937 Kentville a.jpeg|[[DAR0025|Engine No. 25 (Pontgrave)]] at [[Kentville]] in 1937.
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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.
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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.
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File:CSTM-STR20525a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] stored at Kentville, late 1930s.
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Image:DAR 25 Kentville July 1938.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]] at Kentville in July of 1938.
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File:Confederationtrain.jpg|Number plate from [[DAR0025|No. 25]] on a 1967 [[Confederation Train]] brochure.  
 
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</gallery>
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Other Known Photographs:
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* [[Robert F. Legget]] ''[[Canadian Railways In Pictures]]'', page 60, in Digby, late 1930s, but mistakenly in identified as [[DAR0005|No. 5]], most likely because the 25 on the sanding tower is only partially visible and appears as 5.
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* [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=84767&lang=en McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-3993 (also Stephens Collection, STR03993a)(in Digby)] [Broken link]<br>
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The museum photo data says: Builder Number:  1059, Builder Date:  1887-07-00, Class:  A-1-E, Disposition:  SC 1929, Drivers:  69, Cylinders:  17 x 24. (Builder's name not noted.)
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* Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08348, Stephens Collection, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08348/  (in scrapline, Kentville)<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08348_cd5b99fcb14df5cb8a1f73e6d008639ad6944bfd.jpeg</ref> and  N-19238 (with boxcar, lettered Pontgrave) <br>  The museum's data for N-8348 says: Photo Date:  1938-07-00, Builder Number:  18815, Builder Date:  1901, Boiler Pressure:  185, Tractive Effort:  19, Disposition:  SC 1936, Drivers:  66, Cylinders:  18 x 24.  Some of this information doesn't match the information immediately above nor information near the top of this page.  The picture is dated 1938, the data says scrapped 1936, and the above data says scrapped 1940 - was it removed from service in '36, photographed in 1938, and finally broken up in 1940?
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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(1) [[Gary W. Ness]] in [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume Two), page 2
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<references/>
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*[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell|Jim O'Donnell]], [[Locomotive Roster JLOD|''Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster'']]
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*[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348, 352
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 14:14, 18 October 2024

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 25, Strathcona, Pontgravé.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0 Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1901.

  • Builder No. 18988[?], 18815[?]
  • Boiler pressure 185 psi.
  • 18" x 24" cylinders.
  • 66" drivers.
  • Tractive effort 19,000 lbs.

Modifications and Changes (as noted from photos)

  • Smoke Stack and Headlamp changed between 1901 and 1907.Strathcona name was on original head lamp.
  • Repainted and Strathcona changed to Pontgrave around 1923.
  • Marker Lanterns added high on boiler
  • Marker Lanterns added on pilot frame
  • Curved handrail added on bottom face of smoke box
  • Tender Altered 3 times
  • Cowcatcher changed

Built new for the DAR, No. 25 was named "Strathcona" for most of its career, but renamed "Pontgrave" in the 1920s. It was a near twin to No. 26. Prior to 1920, No. 25 was driven by engineer Will Taylor and hauled Trains 93 and 94 east of Kentville to Halifax until replaced by the slightly newer No. 27.[1]

It was scrapped in Kentville in March 1940.[2]

The name Pontgravé was also used on locomotive No. 534.

Name Origins:

  • "Strathcona": Lord Strathcona, Donald Smith, one of the founders of the CPR.
  • "Pontgravé": Francoise Sieur du Pontgravé, member of 1604 Port Royal expedition, completed the Port Royal habitation.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

The museum photo data says: Builder Number: 1059, Builder Date: 1887-07-00, Class: A-1-E, Disposition: SC 1929, Drivers: 69, Cylinders: 17 x 24. (Builder's name not noted.)

  • Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08348, Stephens Collection, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08348/ (in scrapline, Kentville)[3] and N-19238 (with boxcar, lettered Pontgrave)
    The museum's data for N-8348 says: Photo Date: 1938-07-00, Builder Number: 18815, Builder Date: 1901, Boiler Pressure: 185, Tractive Effort: 19, Disposition: SC 1936, Drivers: 66, Cylinders: 18 x 24. Some of this information doesn't match the information immediately above nor information near the top of this page. The picture is dated 1938, the data says scrapped 1936, and the above data says scrapped 1940 - was it removed from service in '36, photographed in 1938, and finally broken up in 1940?

References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ J. B. King "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", Halifax Chronicle Herald.
  2. ↑ M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 39.
  3. ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08348_cd5b99fcb14df5cb8a1f73e6d008639ad6944bfd.jpeg

External Links

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