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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Throny Problems", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 22:42, 1 November 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 3, "Gaspereaux"

Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866.

  • Builder No. 63-64
  • 12" x 22" cylinders
  • 60" drivers.

Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 23.

Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.

Rebuilt by Portland Works with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 6 "Hiawatha", part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.

Became DAR No. 3 in 1893

Gallery

References and Footnotes

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

External Links