DAR0999

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 999, Fronsac.

Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in September of 1912. This D10h ten wheeler had semi-streamlining skirts under the running boards and cab.

It arrived on the DAR in 1937, one of the first batch of D10s and was painted in DAR's Land of Evangeline paint scheme in 1938. It is listed as a D.A.R. unit in both 1941 (1) and 1947 (2). Repainted with CPR lettering during World War II, it was painted again with the Evangeline herald about 1950. This locomotive is preserved today at the Railway museum in Delson, Quebec and is the only surviving DAR locomotive.

Gallery

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  Locomotives No. 2552, No. 999, No. 544, No. 32 and No. 25 in Kentville, 1937.

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  gypsum train]] crossing the Avon River at Windsor, circa 1948. 1st engine is No. 1018. 2nd engine is No. 999.

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  No. 1041 taking on water at the Windsor Water Tower while No.'s 1018 & 999 wait in August 1949.

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  At Windsor in August 1949. CP Livery.

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  No. 999 leading a plaster train from Windsor to Annapolis Royal in August 1951. Note the D.A.R livery.

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  At the Delson Museum 2001.

References and Footnotes

• (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.

External Links

• No. 999 at Don's Depot.
• No. 999 at Toronto, Ontario. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR03511a.
• No. 999 at Truro, May 21, 1941. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08402a.