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| − | [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=228775&lang=en | + | [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=228775&lang=en No. 544.] Canada Science and Technology Museum image MAT000553.<br> |
| + | [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=6001&lang=en No. 544 at Windsor.] Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08391a.<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=6002&lang=en No. 544 at Moncton] in February, 1940 with main rods removed on the way to maintenance, probably in Montreal. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08392a.<br> | ||
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[[Category:Saxon Locomotive Machine Works]] | [[Category:Saxon Locomotive Machine Works]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 15 December 2011
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 544 "Hebert"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) in November 1903.
- Builder No. 2831
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers
- 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
- 63' 3" overall pilot to tender coupler
- CPR Class: D6d
Built as CPR No. 965, it was renumbered CPR 544 in April 1908. It arrived on the DAR by 1929(2) and was given the name "Herbert". The locomotive was transferred to DAR ownership in May 1937 and scrapped in April 1944.(2)
Name Origin: Louis Hebert, apothecary with Champlain and DeMonts at Port Royal in 1604.(4)
Gallery
No. 544 with original CPR number in Saxon Engine works advertisement, circa 1906.
No. 544 at Halifax in June of 1936.
No. 544 on turntable.
References and Footnotes
(1) & (3)Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, pages 247, 349
(2)&(4) Highlights of Nova Scotia History Dominion Atlantic Railway (1929) First Edition, booklet about the name, number and historical names of DAR locomotives.
1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 15.
External Links
No. 544. Canada Science and Technology Museum image MAT000553.
No. 544 at Windsor. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08391a.
No. 544 at Moncton in February, 1940 with main rods removed on the way to maintenance, probably in Montreal. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08392a.
