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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.== | ||
| − | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range assigned to the DAR to replace the older wooden buffet observation cars like [[DARGRANDPRE|Grand Pre]] and [[DARANNAPOLISROYAL|Annapolis Royal]]. No. 6613 was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers | + | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range assigned to the DAR to replace the older wooden buffet observation cars like [[DARGRANDPRE|Grand Pre]] and [[DARANNAPOLISROYAL|Annapolis Royal]]. No. 6613 was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and ice-activated air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills), ran on six wheel trucks and carried 22 parlor passengers<ref>[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/images/MP14_1947_Page_34_35.jpg CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35.]</ref> with a 12 seat dining section and a 6 person smoking room and a weight of 185,000 lbs.<ref>[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1955_equipment.pdf CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1955, page 27.]</ref> Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were [[DAR006614|No. 6614]] and [[DAR006616|No. 6616]]. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 3 April 2015
Dominion Atlantic Railway Observation Parlour Car No. 6613.
This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range assigned to the DAR to replace the older wooden buffet observation cars like Grand Pre and Annapolis Royal. No. 6613 was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and ice-activated air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills), ran on six wheel trucks and carried 22 parlor passengers[2] with a 12 seat dining section and a 6 person smoking room and a weight of 185,000 lbs.[3] Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were No. 6614 and No. 6616.
Gallery
Buffet Parlor Observation car No. 6613 on the Digby Wharf behind loco No. 1050 on July 20, 1956.
Loco No. 1050 on the Digby Wharf with Parlor car No. 6613 behind on July 20, 1956.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
- ↑ CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35.
- ↑ CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1955, page 27.
