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DAR000091
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.
It was originally built as baggage & smoking combine coach No. 32 by James Harris & Co. in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1) A cupola was added at Canadian Car & Foundry Co. in Amherst in November, 1923.(2)(3)
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 92 in June 1941.(1) It was used on the rear end of Train No. 99 & Train No. 100, night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.(3)
It was eventually used as a fuel conversion car in Kentville and was {retired in January of 1955 (5)} later sold to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(4)
Gallery
With cupola just added, still as No. 32 in 1923.
Van 91 in Halifax on 24th January 1947
No. 91 at Truro in July 1951.
No. 91 at Halifax, circa 1954.
Final resting spot of Van No. 91 at New Minas on Sept 12, 1964.
Final resting spot of Van No. 91 at New Minas on Sept 12, 1964.
Drawing of No. 91 showing additional details for modelling in HO scale.
A solid brass doorknob from the exterior end door of No. 91.
References and Footnotes
- (1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
- (2) Canadian Car & Foundry Co. - Amherst Builders photo, 1923
- (3) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06
- (4) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
- (5) Jim O'Donnell note on the DARDPI Forum, 2010-03-19.
External Links
Number 91 at Halifax, January 24, 1947 - Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08425a.
