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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Express Fruit Cars== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Express Fruit Cars== | ||
| + | The CPR built a fleet of 26 express fruit cars between 1899 and 1903. These were 60 foot wooden cars with roof and side vents known as "blower cars" designed to move easily perishable fruit such as berries. Many later had their roof ventilators removed and were converted to flat-topped baggage and express cars.(1) They were often seen in baggage and express service on the head end of DAR express trains in the 1940s and 50s. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Image:Yarmouth Wharf h.jpg|On eastern Yarmouth Wharf with [[Train No. 98]] at [[Yarmouth]] July 3, 1954. | Image:Yarmouth Wharf h.jpg|On eastern Yarmouth Wharf with [[Train No. 98]] at [[Yarmouth]] July 3, 1954. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | (1) Richard McQuade and Andrew Merrilees, ''From Wood to Steel: Classic Canadian Passenger Cars 1860-1920'' Martin Grove Press (2003) pages 63, 132-135. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 29 September 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Express Fruit Cars
The CPR built a fleet of 26 express fruit cars between 1899 and 1903. These were 60 foot wooden cars with roof and side vents known as "blower cars" designed to move easily perishable fruit such as berries. Many later had their roof ventilators removed and were converted to flat-topped baggage and express cars.(1) They were often seen in baggage and express service on the head end of DAR express trains in the 1940s and 50s.
Gallery
On eastern Yarmouth Wharf with Train No. 98 at Yarmouth July 3, 1954.
References
(1) Richard McQuade and Andrew Merrilees, From Wood to Steel: Classic Canadian Passenger Cars 1860-1920 Martin Grove Press (2003) pages 63, 132-135.
