DARMAYFLOWER

Dominion Atlantic Railway Pullman Parlour Car, Mayflower

Mayflower was was built in 1893 by the Pullman Company as a parlour car for the Flying Bluenose. It joined its sister car, Haligonian built in 1891. "Mayflower" was converted to rest house at Kentville in June 1939. It was renumbered CPR boarding car No. 411527 in July 1950 and scrapped at Halifax in December 1956.

Gallery

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  Interior view, parlour car Mayflower or Haligonian, part of the Flying Bluenose train, circa 1895.

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  Kentville Station with parlour car Haligonian or Mayflower; Kentville Freight Shed and Car Shop, after 1904 addition.

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  The westbound Flying Bluenose inside the North Street Station at Halifax with either Mayflower or Haligonian on the end, c. 1912.

References and Footnotes

• "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4

• Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"