DAR000023

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (1st)

Little is known about the first DAR car to carry this number aside from its class and appearance on a DAR roster.(1)

References and Footnotes

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

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 23 (2nd) "Sissiboo" 1912-1944

The second No. 23 was built by Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in 1911 as a wooden suburban car No. 262.(1) It was transferred to the DAR in March 1912 where it was named "Sissiboo" after the river at Weymouth and re-numbered 23, sister to No. 24 "Micmac". No. 23 was destroyed in a wreck near Yarmouth in August 1944.(2)

Specifications (3)

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

Gallery

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  No. 23 at Truro in 1941.

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  Train No. 98 near Clementsport, Aug. 2, 1944. L to R: unknown coach; coach No. 625; coach No. 23; unknown coach; Diner "Blomidon" and a parlor/observation car.

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

(3) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, p. 40