DAR0008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 8, Weymouth.

This was orginally a WCR locomotive but retained it's number and name after being acquired by the D.A.R. (1)

At the time of the gauge change from broad to standard on the W&AR, this unit may have been a different locomotive named "Benedict" and was subsequently traded to the Dominion government along with 9 other locomotives (Nos. 1-9) for new standard gauge locomotives. It is unknown if this unit was one of the 6 units converted to standard gauge after the trade to serve in the building of the CPR in the west. (2)

References and Footnotes

(1) Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) on page 5 (2) Gary W. Ness in Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume Two) on page 13