DAR000024

Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine No. 24 (1st) 1869-1912

The first DAR No. 24 was built in 1869 by James Harris & Co. as a combine. It was converted to Van No. 95 sometime about 1912 and scrapped in 1937.(1)

References and Footnotes

(1) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"

External Links

• N-3977, McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, showing Locomotive No. 12, Combine No. 24 (behind the engine) and Combine No. 31 in this detail of a photo of the Kingsport Wharf, circa 1911, (full photograph in Ness Vol. I, page 5.)
• Coach number 24 at Moncton, June 20, 1946 - Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08423a.

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 24 (2nd) "Micmac" 1912-1958

Th second No. 24 was built by Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in 1911 as a wooden suburban car No. 263. It was transferred to the DAR in March 1912 where it was named "Micmac" and re-numbered 24, as sister to No. 23 "Sissiboo".(1) Used at first as a coach on regular trains, it survived into the 1950s used for special seasonal trains.(2) No. 24 was burned for scrap in November 1958.(3) The car name "Micmac" was later revived by the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa when they renamed DAR coach No. 1303 "Micmac" in the 1970s.(4)

Specifications (5)

• Construction: wood, closed vestibule
• Four wheel trucks
• Length over sills: 65'-0"
• Seating Capacity: 76 people

Gallery

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  No. 24 at Truro in 1941.

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  DAR Coach No. 16 at Truro in 1946.

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  Coach No. 24 and No. 16 at Kentville in August 1949.

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  Coach No. 16 and No. 24 at Kentville on July 3, 1954.

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  Coach No. 16 and No. 24 at Kentville on July 3, 1954.

References and Footnotes

(1)"Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4

(2) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society Feb. 17, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28s Vol. 186

(3) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"

(4) Canadian Trackside Guide

(5) January 1, 1950 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA.