DAR0545

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 545 "Howe"

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 1929(1) and was given the name "Howe". It was scrapped in April 1937.(2)

Name Origin: Joseph Howe, visionary Nova Scotian political leader who won responsible government.(3)

Gallery

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  Last page from Highlights of Nova Scotia History booklet explaining the name origin of No. 545.

Known Photographs of this locomotive

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

References and Footnotes

(1)&(3) Highlights of Nova Scotia History Dominion Atlantic Railway (1929) First Edition. (A booklet about the name, number and historical names of DAR locomotives.)

(2) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"