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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893. | Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in May 1893. | ||
*Builder No. 13437 | *Builder No. 13437 | ||
| − | *14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders, rebuilt as 16.5" x 24" cylinders | + | *14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders |
*66" drivers. | *66" drivers. | ||
| − | + | Built as the first of two identical locomotives ([[DAR0018|No. 18]] was the 2nd) for the [[Western Counties Railway|Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway]] (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894. | |
It was scrapped in July 1923. | It was scrapped in July 1923. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] | + | Image:DAR0017b.jpg|[[DAR0017|"Yarmouth"]], 1906 or earlier . |
| − | + | Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] 1907 or later. | |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 8 May 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1893.
- Builder No. 13437
- 14 & 18 x 24" compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
- 66" drivers.
Built as the first of two identical locomotives (No. 18 was the 2nd) for the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.
It was scrapped in July 1923.
Name Origin: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.
Gallery
"Yarmouth", 1906 or earlier .
No. 17 at the Wilmot Station in Wilmot 1907 or later.
Other Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3984
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882
References and Footnotes
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348
