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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2, "Hiawatha" ==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2, "Hiawatha" ==
  
Built by Kingston Locomotive Works. 12" x 22" cylinders, 60" drivers.
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Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866. 12" x 22" cylinders, 60" drivers.
  
 
Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 22.
 
Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 22.
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Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.
 
Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.
  
Transferred to Windsor & Annapolis Railway as No. 3 in 1875
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Rebuilt by [[Portland Works]] with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and transferred to Windsor & Annapolis Railway as No. 3.
  
Became DAR No. 1 "Hiawatha" in 1893*
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Became DAR No. 1 "Hiawatha" in 1893 *
  
Sold to the New Brunswick Railway
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Later sold to the New Brunswick Railway
  
 
* McQuinn Collection at the Canada Science and Technology Museum says it also bore the name "George B. Doane".
 
* McQuinn Collection at the Canada Science and Technology Museum says it also bore the name "George B. Doane".

Revision as of 21:41, 30 October 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2, "Hiawatha"

Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866. 12" x 22" cylinders, 60" drivers.

Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 22.

Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.

Rebuilt by Portland Works with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and transferred to Windsor & Annapolis Railway as No. 3.

Became DAR No. 1 "Hiawatha" in 1893 *

Later sold to the New Brunswick Railway

  • McQuinn Collection at the Canada Science and Technology Museum says it also bore the name "George B. Doane".

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References and Footnotes

J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Throny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20

McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-18223

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