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| + | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 36 "Basil" == | ||
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| + | Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-6-0|4-6-0]] | ||
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| + | Built by [[:Category:Canadian Locomotive Works|Canadian Locomotive Works]] at Kingston, Ontario in March 1892. | ||
| + | *Builder No. 431 | ||
| + | *18" x 24" cylinders | ||
| + | *62" drivers. | ||
| + | *47' 9" wheelbase length | ||
| + | *CPR Class: C1B | ||
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| + | This locomotive was delivered to the Canadian Pacific Railway as CPR No. 606. It was renumbered as CPR No. 320 in 1906. | ||
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| + | It was purchased by the DAR in October 1911 and took the name "Basil", earlier used by [[DAR0007|DAR No. 7]]. It was scrapped in June 1917 in Kentville. | ||
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| + | The history of the Kingston Locomotive Works indicates that it had 57" drivers, but The Jim O'Donnell list and Omer Lavallée list say 62" drivers. | ||
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| + | Name Origin: Basil was the fictional village blacksmith and father of Gabriel, Evangeline's lover in Longfellow's epic poem ''Evangeline''. | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | <gallery>File:Comeau004.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] with [[DAR0036|Locomtive No. 36]], [[DAR000850|DAR steam Shovel 850]] and the DAR blacksmith shop on the left, circa 1915. | ||
| + | Image:DAR0036a.jpg|Detail of [[DAR0036|“Basil”]] at the [[Windsor Railyard]], circa 1922. | ||
| + | File:No.36&boxcar69784.jpg|Wider view of [[DAR0036|“Basil”]] at the [[Windsor Railyard]] with [[DAR069784|boxcar 69784]] circa 1922. | ||
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| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==Known Photographs== | ||
| + | * In [[Windsor]], NS, 1922 | ||
| + | ** Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR04011, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR04011/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-04011_261508e43f14d72a3e9d222374dca5161d44c768.jpeg</ref> | ||
| + | ** Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18245, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18245/<ref>Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/234/STR-18245_e7a6b9797b38a588bbb8cec81089f5f43cefbb26.jpeg</ref> | ||
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| + | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | [[Constructed in Kingston|Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotives Companies 1854 to 1968]] by Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, No. 428-432, p. 194. | ||
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| + | [[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348. | ||
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| + | [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List | ||
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| + | [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [[Category:Steam]] | ||
| + | [[Category:4-6-0]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Canadian Locomotive Works]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:31, 19 October 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 36 "Basil"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Canadian Locomotive Works at Kingston, Ontario in March 1892.
- Builder No. 431
- 18" x 24" cylinders
- 62" drivers.
- 47' 9" wheelbase length
- CPR Class: C1B
This locomotive was delivered to the Canadian Pacific Railway as CPR No. 606. It was renumbered as CPR No. 320 in 1906.
It was purchased by the DAR in October 1911 and took the name "Basil", earlier used by DAR No. 7. It was scrapped in June 1917 in Kentville.
The history of the Kingston Locomotive Works indicates that it had 57" drivers, but The Jim O'Donnell list and Omer Lavallée list say 62" drivers.
Name Origin: Basil was the fictional village blacksmith and father of Gabriel, Evangeline's lover in Longfellow's epic poem Evangeline.
Gallery
Kentville Roundhouse and the Machine Shop with Locomtive No. 36, DAR steam Shovel 850 and the DAR blacksmith shop on the left, circa 1915.
Detail of “Basil” at the Windsor Railyard, circa 1922.
Wider view of “Basil” at the Windsor Railyard with boxcar 69784 circa 1922.
Known Photographs
- In Windsor, NS, 1922
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR04011, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR04011/[1]
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18245, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18245/[2]
References and Footnotes
Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotives Companies 1854 to 1968 by Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, No. 428-432, p. 194.
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
