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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614== | ||
| − | + | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.<ref>[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/images/MP14_1947_Page_34_35.jpg|CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35]</ref> | |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 1 April 2015
Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614
This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.[2]
Gallery
Buffet Parlor car No. 6614 on what appears to be the Digby wharf.
References and Footnotes
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External Links
- ↑ Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
- ↑ M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35
