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DAR000027
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 27 "Iris"
First Class passenger coach
- Built: 1888
- Builder: Windsor and Annapolis Railway Kentville Car Shop
- Scrapped: Converted to station for Clementsport in May 1921
Gallery
Kentville Station circa 1900
The Flying Bluenose eastbound at Hantsport crossing the Halfway River Bridge, with coach No. 27 and possibly baggage car No. 46, 1911.
Coloured postcard showing the Flying Bluenose leaving Hantsport crossing the Halfway River Bridge with passenger car No.27 "IRIS" and possibly baggage car No. 46 and locomotive No. 24, 1911.
Boyfriends and girlfriends cutting it up for the camera possibly aboard car No. 27. It looks like the oval board with "IRIS" has been removed at this point.
Other Known Photographs
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" Roster.
