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File:SGM-B0063.jpg|The [[DARSANSPAREIL#Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_Business_Car.2C_.22Nova_Scotia.22.2C_1912_-_Present|Nova Scotia]] at [[Kentville]] in June 1956. | File:SGM-B0063.jpg|The [[DARSANSPAREIL#Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_Business_Car.2C_.22Nova_Scotia.22.2C_1912_-_Present|Nova Scotia]] at [[Kentville]] in June 1956. | ||
Image:DarNovaScotia2.jpg|Business Car [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] beside the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] in August 1949. | Image:DarNovaScotia2.jpg|Business Car [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] beside the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] in August 1949. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR33190a 001 aa cs.jpg | Nova Scotia in Kentville, NS 30th August 1953 | ||
Image:DAR0470c.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] leaving for [[Kingsport]] with [[Train No. 11]] from [[Kentville]] in August 1951. Visible is the business car [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]]. | Image:DAR0470c.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] leaving for [[Kingsport]] with [[Train No. 11]] from [[Kentville]] in August 1951. Visible is the business car [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]]. | ||
Image:DAR2665b.jpg|[[DAR2665|No. 2665]] in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in August 1951 after bringing in [[Train No. 95]] from [[Halifax]]. Also visible is business card [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] parked against the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] and to the left the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]]. | Image:DAR2665b.jpg|[[DAR2665|No. 2665]] in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in August 1951 after bringing in [[Train No. 95]] from [[Halifax]]. Also visible is business card [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] parked against the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] and to the left the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]]. | ||
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Pullman Parlour Car, "Sans Pareil", 1896 - 1912
The "Sans Pareil" (a French term meaning incomparible or without equal) was built in 1896 for the Dominion Atlantic Railway as a Pullman Parlour Car (at a cost, according to D.A.R. records, of $11,972).[1]
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Pullman builder's photo of the Sanspareil in 1896.
The Sans Pareil at Digby.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Business Car, "Nova Scotia", 1912 - Present
Sanspareil was converted from a parlour car to a business car for the D.A.R. General Manager in 1912 and renamed "Nova Scotia".[2] It was described in the CPR MP Report in 1941 as a wooden business car was built in 1896 and was 67'9-1/2" in length (after 1944 reported as 60' 8" but still built in 1896) on 6 wheel trucks.[3]
"Nova Scotia" played a significant role in history in 1917. It was parked at the North Street Station in Halifax on the morning of December 6, 1917 when the Halifax Explosion took place. The DAR's General Manager George E. Graham and his family were eating breakfast in "Nova Scotia" but the car sheltered them from the blast and rain of debris which killed many people in the station. Graham quickly made his way to Rockingham, the nearest surviving telegraph station and ordered a relief train from Kentville. It brought doctors, nurses, supplies and rescue equipment to Halifax the afternoon of the explosion and was one of the first relief trains to arrive in Halifax.[4]
Nova Scotia served as the DAR's business car until 1958 when it was replaced by a 1958 Pontiac Hi-Rail station wagon. Nova Scotia was transferred to Quebec and finally retired in 1963. It was initially owned by the Upper Canada Railway Society from 1963 to 1969 until sold to the London Public Library Association and in 1970 resold to a railway themed restaurant in Orillia, Ontario. It served as the Ossawippi Express restaurant office, restrooms and reception area[5] until the restaurant went out of business in 2010. It is now in the possession of the Toronto Railway Historical Association.
After the close of the restaurant, the city of Orillia apparently has transferred the Nova Scotia (and the rest of the restaurant cars) to the care of the Orillia Municipal Heritage Committee[6]. Among other interested parties, The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society[7] is trying to repatriate the "Nova Scotia"[8].
Google Street View of the cars in Orillia
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Nova Scotia in Truro September 1940
The Nova Scotia at Kentville on October 1, 1941.
Nova Scotia seen in Truro on Passenger train 7th September 1942
The Nova Scotia at Truro in 1946.
The Nova Scotia at Kentville in June 1956.
The Nova Scotia at Kentville in June 1956.
Business Car Nova Scotia beside the Kentville Repair Shop in August 1949.
Nova Scotia in Kentville, NS 30th August 1953
No. 470 leaving for Kingsport with Train No. 11 from Kentville in August 1951. Visible is the business car Nova Scotia in front of the repair shop.
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
Nova Scotia, at Kentville Railyard parked beside the repair shop in Kentville, NS on August 27, 1956.
Mixed Train for Kingsport leaving yard. Visible is business car Nova Scotia beside the repair shop and the coaling tower in Kentville on August 28, 1956.
Nova Scotia at Niagara Falls on Sep 25, 1966. DAR Crests have been removed.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
- ↑ Canadian Trackside Guide 2008, Bytown Railway Society
- ↑ 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 38.
- ↑ Dan Conlin, "How Kentville and Wolfville helped a Stricken Halifax in 1917", Kentville Advertiser, Dec. 6, 1993, p. 3A
- ↑ Ossawippi.com on the Wayback machine now that the restaurant is closed.
- ↑ Orillia Municipal Heritage Committee
- ↑ The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society
- ↑ NSRHS wants to repatriate the "Nova Scotia".
