DAR0025

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 25, Strathcona, Pontgravé.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built new for the DAR, No. 25 was named "Strathcona" for most of its career, but renamed "Pontgrave" in the 1930s.

It was scrapped in Kentville in March 1940.(1)

Name Origins:

"Strathcona": Lord Strathcona, Donald Smith, one of the founders of the CPR.
"Pontgrave": Francoise Sieur du Pont-Grave, member of 1604 Port Royal expedition, completed the Port Royal habitation.

No. 25, "Strathcona" leading the Royal Train at Windsor Station in Windsor NS in 1901.
Pontgravé, locomotive No. 25.
Locomotives No. 2552, No. 999, No. 544, No. 32 and No. 25 in Kentville, 1937.
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No. 25 in Digby, late 1930s.

Other Known Photographs:

Robert F. Legget Canadian Railways In Pictures, page 60, in Digby, late 1930s, but mistakenly in identified as No. 5, most likely because the 25 on the sanding tower is only partially visible and appears as 5.
McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-3993 (in Digby)
Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-8348 (in scrapline, Kentville) and N-19238 (with boxcar, lettered Pontgrave)

(1) M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 39

Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"