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===Known Photographs of this locomotive=== | ===Known Photographs of this locomotive=== | ||
| − | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id= | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=17125&lang=en Harold Jenkins Photo, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18263a, Excellent tender detail] |
| + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=17126&lang=en Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18264a, winter view] | ||
===References and Footnotes=== | ===References and Footnotes=== | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 18 August 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 557 "Subercase"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) in February 1904.
- Builder No. 2844
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers
- 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
- 63' 3" overall pilot to tender coupler
- CPR Class:
Built as CPR No. 557, it arrived on the DAR by 1937 and was given the name "Subercase". It was scrapped in July 1937(1), giving up the name to the G2r Pacific locomotive No. 2511.
Name Origin: Daniel Auger de Subercase, last governor of Acadia who defeated two attacks on Port Royal before finally surrendering the colony in 1710.(2)
Known Photographs of this locomotive
- Harold Jenkins Photo, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18263a, Excellent tender detail
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18264a, winter view
References and Footnotes
(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" (2) Highlights of Nova Scotia History Dominion Atlantic Railway (1934) Third Edition. (A booklet about the name, number and historical names of DAR locomotives.)
