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DAR000024
Two DAR passenger cars bore the number 24: the first a combine; the second a passenger coach.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine No. 24 (1st) 1869-1912
The first DAR No. 24 was built in 1869 by James Harris & Co. as a combine for the Windsor & Annapolis Railway. It was converted to Van No. 95 sometime about 1912 and scrapped in 1937.(1)
Gallery
Combine No. 24 (behind engine) and Combine No. 31 with Locomotive No. 12 in this detail of a photo of the Kingsport Wharf, c. 1911.
Casting of a builder's plate from passenger combine No. 24 built by James Harris & Co. in 1869.
References and Footnotes
(1) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"
Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 24 (2nd) "Micmac" 1912-1958
Th second 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 March 1912 where it was named "Micmac" and re-numbered 24, as sister to No. 23 "Sissiboo".(1) Used at first as a coach on regular trains, it survived into the 1950s used for special seasonal trains.(2) No. 24 was burned for scrap in November 1958.(3) 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.(4)
Specifications (5)
- Construction: wood, closed vestibule
- Four wheel trucks
- Length over sills: 65'-0"
- Seating Capacity: 76 people
Gallery
No. 24 at Truro in 1941.
DAR Coach No. 16 at Truro in 1946.
Coach 24
Coach 24 in Moncton NB on 20th June 1946
DAR Coaches #16 & #24 in Kentville 1954 July 3
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) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society Feb. 17, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28s Vol. 186
(3) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"
(4) Canadian Trackside Guide
(5) January 1, 1950 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA.
