DAR0017

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 17 "Yarmouth".

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May 1893.

• Builder No. 13437
• 14 & 18 x 24" Vauclain compound cylinders as delivered, rebuilt March 1907 as 16.5" x 24" cylinders
• 66" drivers.

Built as the first of two identical locomotives (No. 18 was the second) for the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway (the briefly renamed Western Counties Railway in 1893) as Y & A No. 5 "Yarmouth". It became DAR No. 17 "Yarmouth" in 1894.

It was scrapped in July 1923.

Name Origin: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, headquarters of the Western Counties Railway and western terminus of the DAR.

Gallery

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  "Yarmouth" February 1906 or earlier .

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  No. 17 at the Wilmot Station in Wilmot March 1907 or later.

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  No. 17 location and date unknown.

Other Known Photographs:

• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9882

References and Footnotes

• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
• Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
• Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348

External Links

• Discussion on DARDPI Forum about Nos. 17 & 18
• No. 17 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03984a.
• No. 17 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR09882a