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DARANNAPOLISROYAL
Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car, Annapolis Royal
- Built 1889 by Barney and Smith as a sleeping cat
- Converted Dec 1923 by Canadian Pacific as Buffet Observation Parlour Car
- 72 feet over couplers
- 68'-5" long overall
- 65 feet over frame
- six wheel trucks
- Seating capacity: 22 people in the main section and 6 in the smoking section[1]
A sister to Grand Pre[2], this car began as the Canadian Pacific sleeper "Parkland", later renamed "Winchester". It was converted to a buffet observation car for the DAR in December 1923 and named "Annapolis Royal" after the town, an important tourism destination for the DAR. It was scrapped in August 1946.[3]
Gallery
Still motion picture film with DAR No. 2552 "Haliburton" at Halifax station with Annapolis Royal, 1939.
Annapolis Royal in Halifax at Ocean Terminal
1920s era model of Annapolis Royal at the restored Wolfville Station.
The sylized platform of the 1920s era model of Annapolis Royal at the restored Wolfville Station.
Train No. 95 at Kentville on Sept.13, 1937. Observation car is most likely the Annapolis Royal.
DAR Observation Annapolis Royal at Kentville on May 11, 1946.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ [[[:Category:MP14FORMS|C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]]
- ↑ Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two), back cover
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment Roster, page 4
