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Image:DAR Portrait a.jpg|Locomotives [[DAR2552|No. 2552]], [[DAR0999|No. 999]], [[DAR0544|No. 544]], [[DAR0032|No. 32]] and [[DAR0025|No. 25]] in [[Kentville]], 1937. | Image:DAR Portrait a.jpg|Locomotives [[DAR2552|No. 2552]], [[DAR0999|No. 999]], [[DAR0544|No. 544]], [[DAR0032|No. 32]] and [[DAR0025|No. 25]] in [[Kentville]], 1937. | ||
| + | File:McBride2p18A.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR0999|No. 999]] takes water at the [[Windsor Water Tower]] sporting its new custom DAR paint scheme, circa 1938. | ||
File:DAR0999 Truro 1941-05-21.jpg|[[DAR0999|No. 999]] at Truro on May 21, 1941. | File:DAR0999 Truro 1941-05-21.jpg|[[DAR0999|No. 999]] at Truro on May 21, 1941. | ||
File:999a.jpg|[[DAR0999|No. 999]] at [[Truro]] in 1946. Note tender. | File:999a.jpg|[[DAR0999|No. 999]] at [[Truro]] in 1946. Note tender. | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 12 November 2020
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 at the Expo Rail museum in Delson, Quebec and is the only surviving DAR locomotive, though she currently resides in building 6 which is off limits to the viewing public. Currently Expo Rail doesn't have the funds to restore her so she can go back on display for the public to enjoy (3).
Gallery
Locomotive No. 999 takes water at the Windsor Water Tower sporting its new custom DAR paint scheme, circa 1938.
No. 999 at Truro on May 21, 1941.
gypsum train]] crossing the Avon River at Windsor, circa 1948. 1st engine is No. 1018. 2nd engine is No. 999.
No. 1041 taking on water at the Windsor Water Tower while No.'s 1018 & 999 wait in August 1949.
At Windsor in August 1949. CP Livery.
Locomotive No. 999 in Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in the background, circa 1950.
No. 999 leading a plaster train from Windsor to Annapolis Royal in August 1951. Note the D.A.R livery.
No. 999 in Toronto in May 1959.
No. 999 at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson, Quebec, 1982.
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.
- (3) Samuel's trip to Expo Rail on 1st October 2014. When I first got their made several inquires about the engine.
External Links
- No. 999 at Don's Depot.
- No. 999 with two different tenders on the DAR on Dominion Atlantic page of Old Time Trades web site
- 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.
