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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1092

No. 1092 was a long serving D10 locomotive on the DAR, arriving in 1940 and serving until the end of regular steam service in 1956. The locomotive survived a derailment in 1950 after splitting a switch at the Windsor Plaster Company spur just outside Windsor on the DAR mainline to Halifax.[1] The locomotive was reassigned to southern Ontario and took part in a number of double-headed excursions for rail fans on CP's Organville subdivision in the final year of operational steam on the CPR.[2] No. 1092 was scrapped in September 1960.

  • Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler
  • Built by: Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC)
  • Contract No.: C-501[3]
  • Date: 1913-09-29[3]
  • Builder No.: 1128[3]
  • Cylinders: 21" x 28"[3]
  • Steam Pressure: 200 PSI[3]
  • Superheater: Type "A"[4]
  • Feedwater Heater: No[5]
  • Booster: No[5]
  • Fuel: Coal[3]
  • Fuel Capacity: 12 Tons[4]
  • Stoker: No[5]
  • Valve Gear: Walschaert[5]
  • Drivers: 63"[3]
  • Tractive Effort: 30,000 lbs[3]
  • Engine Weight (loaded): 202,200 lbs[3]
  • Tender Weight (loaded): 149,000[4]
  • Tender Water Capacity (Imperial Gallons): 5000[4]
  • Total Weight (loaded): 351,200 lbs[3]
  • Wheelbase length, (engine and tender): 55' 1"[3]
  • Overall pilot to tender coupler length:
  • CPR Class: D10h[3]


Assignment and Dispostion

  • Arrival on D.A.R.: 1940[6][3]
  • Origin:
  • Departure from D.A.R.: 1956-09-22[3][7]
  • Destination:
  • Scrapped: 1960-09[6][3]

Notes

  • Closest known relatives still alive are 1095 donated to the City of Kingston and renamed "The Spirit of Sir John A" and 1098 being operated out of Rail Tours Incorporated.[3]

Operational Appearances

Gallery

Known Photographs of this Locomotive


References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gary W. Ness, The Dominion Atlantic Railway: 1894-1994, p. 86
  2. ↑ "1098 and 1092 handle the nrha buffalo chapter excursion", July 1959, railpictures.ca
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, Constructed in Kingston
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 MP330 Classifications and Dimensions of Locomotives 1945
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters 1947
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
  7. ↑ From the daily notes of George Parks, Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.

External Links

No. 1092 - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum collection, Image MAT000557.
No. 1092 at Truro - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum collection, image STR08413a.
No. 1092 at Windsor, May 1, 1942 - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, image STR08414a.

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