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The car was re-numbered and converted to Van [[DAR000091|No. 91]] in June 1941.(1) | The car was re-numbered and converted to Van [[DAR000091|No. 91]] in June 1941.(1) | ||
| − | It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in [[New Minas]], Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3) | + | It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in [[New Minas]], Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3) |
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| + | See the [[DAR000091|article about Van No. 91]] for additional details and images of its later career. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 07:57, 12 November 2013
Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.
No. 32 was built by James Harris & Co. in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1)
- Seating Capacity: 40 people
- 4 wheel trucks.
- Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2)
The Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo gives a date of 1923 which is likely the date when the cupola was added during a major rebuild.
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 91 in June 1941.(1) It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3)
See the article about Van No. 91 for additional details and images of its later career.
Gallery
References and Footnotes
- (1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
- (2) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 38.
- (3) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
