DAR0041

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 41 "Devonshire", "Grandfontaine"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.

• Builder No. 26748
• 20" x 26" cylinders
• 63" drivers.
• 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
• CPR Class: D6a

This locomotive was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 927, renumbered as CPR No. 501 in 1908.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in August 1919 and became DAR No. 41, "Devonshire" - named after the Canadian Governor General of the day. It was renamed "Grandfontaine" by 1934 and retained its DAR number until it was scrapped in March 1940.

Name Origins:

• Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of Canada 1916-1920.
• Hubert d'Andigny Chevalier de Grandfontaine, French Governor of Acadia from 1960-1673, the same name later used by DAR No. 538.

Gallery

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  No. 41 at Windsor.

Known Photographs:

• McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-4016 (M. Allen Gibson photo in scrap line at Kentville)
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-8355 (in Windsor)
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, STR08369a - No. 41 taking water at Windsor. The handwritten "501" on the photo shows the original CPR number.

References and Footnotes

(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"