DAR000032

Dominion Atlantic Railway Combine (Baggage Smoking) No. 32.

No. 32 was built by James Harris & Co. in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1)

• Seating Capacity: 40 people
• 4 wheel trucks.
• Length: 57'-2" or 57'-0"(2)

The Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo gives a date of 1923 which is likely the date when the cupola was added during a major rebuild.

The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 91 in June 1941.(1) It was eventually sold for scrap to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(3)

See the article about Van No. 91 for additional details and images of its later career.

Gallery

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  Combine No.32 in 1923 when the cupola was added.

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  Van No. 32.

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  Combine No.32 in Halifax with Pier 21 in background, Sept. 13, 1938.

References and Footnotes

• (1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
• (2) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 38.
• (3) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186

External Links

Combine/Van number 32 at Halifax, September 13, 1938 - Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08424a.