DAR0500

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 500.

According to Gary Ness on page 7 of "Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1)", this is a class D6a built in 1902 by Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York. Sold to the D.A.R. from the C.P.R. in 1917.

Gary Ness in Volume 2 reports that sisters Nos. 502 and 503 were not actually sold to the D.A.R. until June of 1928 and were subsequently renumbered to 44 and 45 also receiving the "Land of Evangeline crests on their tenders until 1940 when they returned to their original Nos. 502 and 503.

That being the case it is likely that No. 500 was in the same group and received the same attention probably receiving No. 42 between 1928 and 1940.

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  Location and date unknown. Probably after 1940 because of being numbered 500 with the "Land of Evangeline" tender crest.