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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.==
Listed for the last time in the C.P.R. M.P. 14 1941 D.A.R. section, page 38, this wooden car was built as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890, had a seating capacity of 40 people and was 57'-2" (1) or 57'-0" (2) long on 4 wheel trucks. (1)
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No. 32 was built by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890.(1)
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* Seating Capacity: 40 people
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* 4 wheel trucks.
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* Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2)
  
The following photo may or may not be of the same car. The builder's (CC&F) photo indicates a construction date of 1923 yet the car more or less matches the description we have for it. If you have any further info regarding this car, please feel free to add your information and references to this page.
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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.  
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The car was re-numbered and converted to Van [[DAR000091]] in June 1941.(1)
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It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3) 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
*(1) (2) [[MP14FORMS|C.P.R.  M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]
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(1) ''Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases'' Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
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(2) [[MP14FORMS|C.P.R.  M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]], 1941, p. 38
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(3) [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]] letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
 
[[Category:Passenger]]
 
[[Category:Passenger]]

Revision as of 19:55, 14 November 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.

No. 32 was built by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick 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 DAR000091 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)

Gallery

References and Footnotes

(1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4 (2) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1941, p. 38 (3) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186

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