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DAR1015
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1015.
A D10h class locomotive, No. 1015 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in June of 1912, builders number 50989. It was originally numbered CPR 2792, but renumbered as CPR 1015 in in December 1913.[1] Although, never officially transferred to the DAR from the CPR, it served in Nova Scotia for a considerable time. According to notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley[2], this unit was loaned to the DAR in January of 1946. No. 1015 survived a head-on collision with DAR No. 1111 in Digby on July 19, 1956. It left the DAR in 1956[3] and was scrapped in September 1960.[4]
Gallery
No. 1015 at unknown location, possibly Kentville, unknown date.
DAR engine No. 1015 leads a freight train across the Avon River Bridge at Windsor, late 1940s, early 1950s.
No. 1015 at Windsor in August of 1952.
No. 1015 at Truro in June 1956.
No. 1015 takes on water at Windsor, date unknown.
No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, with Big Joggins Bridge in the background July 19, 1956.
Crane No. 802 arrives to lift locomotive 1015 at Digby, July 19, 1956.
Wreck Crane No. 802 prepares to lift locomotive No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.
Crane No. 802 lifting locomotive 1015, after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.
No. 1015 on the Digby Wharf spur, probably in 1959.
No. 1015 on the Digby Wharf spur, probably in 1959.
References and Footnotes
External Links
- Kids posing in the cab of No. 1015 at Weymouth. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=51094148162&set=gm.10150397165438393&type=3&theater
- No. 1015 at Don's Depot
- Locomotive 1015 taking on water at Windsor - Canada Science and Technology Museum.
- No. 1015 at Truro - Canada Science and Technology Museum.
