Train Consists

A "Consist" is the make up of a specific train: the type, number and arrangement of cars and locomotives in that train. This page shows images of DAR consists where the entire train is visible to document the type and arrangement of cars used in various DAR trains over time.

Passenger Consists

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  Postcard showing an eastbound passenger train crossing the Clementsport Bridge, circa 1905.

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  Colourized postcard of the Flying Bluenose, Train No. 124 crossing the Bear River Bridge, circa 1906.

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  "President's Special" crossing the Bear River Bridge with locomotive No. 537 and business cars "St. Andrew"; "Wentworth" and "Thorold", July 18, 1937.

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  Train No. 95 pulled by Locomotive No. 2552 crossing the Bear River Bridge with the ruins of the Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill to left, circa 1950.

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  Train No. 98 led by No. 2617 on the Bear River Bridge on July 3, 1954.

Freight Consists

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  Eastbound mixed train on the Bear River Bridge with refrigerator cars, circa winter 1937.

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  No. 1272 makes its way East across the Bear River Bridge in the winter of 1988.