DAR0001

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1 "Queen Mab"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Rogers in 1860

• Builder No.: 1691
• Cylinders: 12" x 24"
• Drivers: 56"

Began as Atlanta Railroad, named "Westpointe" and "LaGrange"

Sold to Fredericton Branch Railway, named "L.A. Wilmot"

Sold to the Cornwallis Valley Railway as No. 1 in 1888

Became Windsor & Annapolis Railway No. 13 in 1890

Became DAR No. 1 in 1894

Name Origin: Queen Mab is a fairy referred to in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, one of several Shakespearian names chosen by the Windsor and Annapolis and inherited by the Dominion Atlantic.

Gallery

Known Photographs:

• McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3966
• Nick & Hemlma Mika An Illustrated History of Canadian Railways, p. 137

References and Footnotes

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List

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