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Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 350505.
No. 350505 was a "Big Otis" gondola built in 1926 and rebuilt at CP's Angus shops in June of 1951, specially modified for DAR gypsum service. It is a good example of the standard wooden sided Big Otis gondolas used on DAR gypsum trains until the steel gypsum cars arrived in 1963. This car was in service on the DAR as a gypsum car until the arrival of the steel sided cars around 1963.
Gallery
Wooden Gypsum car No. 350505 being scrapped at Kentville Railyard on April 3, 1964. Tool car No. 403769 can be seen behind.
References and Footnotes
Gary W. Ness, "DAR Vignettes: The Gypsum Unit Trains", CP Tracks, Summery 1999, Vol. 7, No. 1, pages 28-30.
