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Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]] | Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]] | ||
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*Builder No. 354 | *Builder No. 354 | ||
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This was orginally a [[Category:Western Counties Railway|Western Counties Railway]] locomotive but retained it's number and name after being acquired by the DAR. | This was orginally a [[Category:Western Counties Railway|Western Counties Railway]] locomotive but retained it's number and name after being acquired by the DAR. | ||
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| + | It was scrapped sometime before 1920. | ||
Name Origin: [[Weymouth]], a major station on the WCR. | Name Origin: [[Weymouth]], a major station on the WCR. | ||
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[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List | [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List | ||
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| + | [[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', page 348. | ||
Known Photographs: | Known Photographs: | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 20 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 8 "Weymouth"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Portland Works in August 1879.
- Builder No. 354
- 16" x 24" cylinders
- 60" drivers.
This was orginally a locomotive but retained it's number and name after being acquired by the DAR.
It was scrapped sometime before 1920.
Name Origin: Weymouth, a major station on the WCR.
Gallery
References and Footnotes
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
Known Photographs:
- Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) on page 5
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3969
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-18,225
