DAR0545

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 545

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) in November 1903.

• Builder No. 2832
• 20" x 26" cylinders
• 63" drivers
• 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
• 63' 3" overall pilot to tender coupler
• CPR Class:

Built as CPR No. 545, it arrived on the DAR by 1937 and was given the name "Howe". It was scrapped in April 1937.

Name Origin: Joseph Howe, visionary Nova Scotian political leader who won responsible government.

Known Photographs of this locomotive

• At Windsor, Harold Jenkins Photo, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18262a

References and Footnotes

• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"