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Revision as of 09:51, 12 December 2014
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 385 "Grand Pre"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1897.
- Builder No. 15477
- 19" x 24" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- CPR Class: D4f
It was built as a Canadian Pacific Locomotive No. 385 and transferred to the DAR in 1923. It was assigned DAR No. 16 but the number was not applied.(1) It was scrapped in July 1933.(2)
Name Origin: Grand Pre, important Acadian settlement and home of Longfellow's fictional Evangeline character, later a DAR station and memorial park.
Gallery
Other Known Photographs
- No. 385 at Windsor on June 4, 1932 in the Canada Museum of Science and Technology Collection, Photo Number: STR04026a
- No. 385 at Kentville in the Canada Museum of Science and Technology Collection, Photo Number: MAT000549
- No. 385 in the Canada Museum of Science and Technology Collection, Photo Number: STR18253a
References and Footnotes
(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
(2) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
