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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 32, Blomidon

Built October 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Builder No. 31847. Class 10-32-0. Drivers: 60". Cylinders: 19"x24".(1)

Built in 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia for the DAR, No. 32 was the first 4-6-0 "ten wheeler" on the DAR and was soon joined by her identical sister, the slightly younger No. 33. They were the last locomotives ordered directly by the DAR. After the C.P.R. takeover of the DAR and arrival of larger CPR 4-6-0s, No. 32 was frequently used on the Kentville-Kingsport run pulling the school trains (see Trains No. 11 - 14. This locomotive was scrapped in 1941. (2)

Photo of locomotive on page 44, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.

A large-scale model of No. 32 is preserved at the Wolfville Station, now the town library. The model was built about 1915 by a DAR brakeman. It was donated the library by Gary W. Ness. Depicted in 1920s colour scheme, the model is one of the only surviving colour sources to document the DAR's famous pre-war red and gold paint schemes.

Gallery

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  Halifax-Windsor run circa 1912.

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  Angus Shops (date unreadable, looks like 1920).

References and Footnotes

• (1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 348.
• (2) Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), Gary Ness (page 6)