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| − | Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. | + | Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. |
Image:DAR2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] beside [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] at [[Yarmouth]] on July 3, 1954. | Image:DAR2551b.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] beside [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] at [[Yarmouth]] on July 3, 1954. | ||
Revision as of 15:07, 18 March 2011
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2551.
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in February of 1909.
- 22.5" x 28" cylinders
- 70" drivers.
- 64' 6" wheelbase length
- 75' 8" over couplers
- CPR Class: G2s
Listed as a M & A unit 1927 (G2s(x)), in 1938 as a C.P.R. unit and then from 1941 to 1955 as a D.A.R unit (G2s). (1)
Photo of unit found in: Pg 35 Canadian Pacific Stand Fast, Craigellachie! copyright 2003 Greg McDonnell and in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) by Gary W. Ness on Page 14.
Gallery
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
No. 2551 beside Yarmouth Enginehouse at Yarmouth on July 3, 1954.
References and Footnotes
- (1) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1941, p. 15; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15
- (1) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 15.
- (2) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives), page 3.
