DAR000024

Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 24, Micmac

No. 24 was built by Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in 1911 as a wooden suburban car No. 263. It was transferred to the DAR in 1912 where it was named "Micmac" and re-numbered 24. It was burned for scrap in November 1958.(1) The car name "Micmac" was later revived by the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa when they renamed DAR coach No. 1303 "Micmac" in the 1970s.(2)

Listed in the C.P.R. M.P. 1950 in the D.A.R. section, this sister car to No. 23 was wood, 65' 0" and had seating capacity of 76 people. (3)

Gallery

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  Coach No. 24 and No. 16 at Kentville in August 1949.

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  Coach No. 16 and No. 24 at Kentville on July 3, 1954.

References and Footnotes

(1)"Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4

(2) Canadian Trackside Guide

External Links

• (3) January 1, 1950 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA.