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=Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach (with Smoking Room) No. 1427= | =Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach (with Smoking Room) No. 1427= | ||
| − | One of a series (1425 - | + | One of a series (1425 - 1439) of 75'-0" steel with canvas covered wood roof passenger cars weighing 159,800 lbs., with 6 wheel trucks, built in 1923 and with a seating capacity of 74 in the main room and 8 in the smoking room.<ref name="CPHA">[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/folio_passenger/45-C-123.pdf C.P.R.Folio 45-C-123 at CPTracks.ca]</ref> |
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| + | Converted to MOW service in 1961.<ref name="CPHA"/> | ||
==Operational Appearances== | ==Operational Appearances== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:24, 28 March 2020
Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach (with Smoking Room) No. 1427
One of a series (1425 - 1439) of 75'-0" steel with canvas covered wood roof passenger cars weighing 159,800 lbs., with 6 wheel trucks, built in 1923 and with a seating capacity of 74 in the main room and 8 in the smoking room.[1]
Converted to MOW service in 1961.[1]
Operational Appearances
From the daily notes of George Parks it is noted that No. 1427 was west bound along with other passenger and mail cars off the D.A.R. at Truro on August 19, 1956 due to the new Evangeline Dayliner service.[2]
Gallery
Train No. 98, showing coach No. 1427 and Observation car No. 6616 leaving Windsor. Train No. 1 for Truro in on the next track, July 3, 1954.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 C.P.R.Folio 45-C-123 at CPTracks.ca
- ↑ Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.
