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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2, "Hiawatha"

Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866. 12" x 22" cylinders, 60" drivers.

Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 22.

Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.

Rebuilt by Portland Works with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and transferred to Windsor & Annapolis Railway as No. 3.

Became DAR No. 1 "Hiawatha" in 1893 *

Later sold to the New Brunswick Railway

  • McQuinn Collection at the Canada Science and Technology Museum says it also bore the name "George B. Doane".

Gallery

References and Footnotes

J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Throny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20

McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-18223

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