DAR0029

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 29 (1st), "Brooklyn" ~ 1905-1917?

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in September 1874.

• Builder No. 653
• 17 x 24" cylinders
• 68" drivers.

This was the first of two DAR locomotives to carry the number 29. It was built for the Grand Trunk Railway as No. 300 and was renumbered GTR No. 420 in 1896. It was acquired by the Midland Railway which ran from Windsor to Truro as Midland Railway No. 3 "Brooklyn". The DAR acquired the locomotive along with Midland No. 1, Midland No. 2, and Midland No. 4 when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. This locomotive became DAR No. 29 but kept its Midland name as "Brooklyn". It was scrapped sometime before 1920, probably about 1917 when the 2nd No. 29 arrived on the DAR.

Name Origins: Brooklyn, a major stop on the Midland Railway.

Gallery

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  No. 29 "Brooklyn" at South Maitland Station.

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  Slightly sharper image of Brooklyn at South Maitland Station.

Known Photographs:

• Nick Mika, An Illustrated History of Canadian Railways, Belleville: Mika Books, 1972, page 137 (at South Maitland station).
• Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18241, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18241/

References and Footnotes

• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
• Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 348.
• Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 29 (2nd) "Annapolis" ~ 1917-1924

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in October 1891.

• Builder No. 12210
• 18" x 24" cylinders
• 63" drivers.
• CPR Class: D2b

This was the second DAR locomotive to carry the Number 29. It was built as a Canadian Pacific Locomotive No. 572, renumbered No. 372 in 1907, and renumbered again as CPR 7276 in 1913.(1) Canadian Pacific sent it to the DAR in April 1917

It went to the scrap line in January 1924.(1)

Name Origin: Annapolis Royal, major stop on the DAR. Locomotive No. 15 also bore this name.

Gallery

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  No. 29 "Annapolis" holding down Cornwallis River Bridge at Kentville on March 14, 1920. (CSTM says 1923.)

Known Photographs:

• Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR03999, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR03999/ (parked to weigh downCornwallis River Bridge during flood, March 14, 1920) (Museum says 1923.)

References and Footnotes

(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 256, 348

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

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