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Revision as of 11:11, 19 March 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 28, "Pioneer".
Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-0
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1904.
- Builder No. 24168
- 17.5" x 24" cylinders
- 56" drivers.
No. 28 was the only 2-6-0 to serve on the Dominion Atlantic. The locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the Midland Railway which ran from Windsor to Truro as Midland Railway No. 4 "Pioneer". The DAR acquired the locomotive along with Midland No. 1, Midland No. 2, and Midland No. 3, and when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. This locomotive became DAR No. 28. It was sold to the Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co. in Weymouth in 1921.(1)
Name Origins: Tribute to pioneers of the Midland district.
Gallery
Locomotive No. 28, the Dominion Atlantic's only 2-6-0 Mogul.
Other Known Photographs:
- Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-005937 (a higher quality verison of the above image.)
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-18240 (in Yarmouth, smokebox door open)
References and Footnotes
(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 348.
- Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
