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DAR2209
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2209.
No. 2209 was the last steam locomotive to run on the Dominion Atlantic. Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in November of 1907, it was sold to the DAR in the last days of steam, arriving on the DAR in November 1957.[1] No. 2206 was the only G1a on the linen.[2] No. 2209 retained after full dielization as a spare, mainly to steam power the conventional coaches on extra passenger runs. In March 1960, it made one of the last recorded steam runs on the DAR when it double-headed a "hockey extra" from Kentville to Halifax with SW1200 diesel No. 8131.[3] It was scrapped in February 1961.[4]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
Locomotives No. 2501 and No. 2209 inside the Kentville Machine Shop circa 1958.
DAR locomotive 2501 with the tender of No. 2209 in the Kentville Machine Shop, c. 1958.
Engine 2209 in the Kentville Machine Shop 8 August 1959
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster
- ↑ Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) on page 21
- ↑ Stan J. Smaill, "Towards an End of Steam Timeline", Canadian Rail No. 539, November-December 2010, p. 259
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster
