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DAR001267
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Boxcar No. 1267
Wood 34' Double Sheath Box Car
One of the DAR's fleet of 34 foot wooden boxcars primarily used to transport apples.
D.A.R. Series 1260 to 1276
- Builder: Rhodes Curry & Co.
- Date:
- Inside Length: 34' 6"[1]
- Inside Width: 8' 4"[1]
- Inside Height: 7' 10"[1]
- Outside Length: 35' 6"[1]
- Outside Width: 9' 11"[1]
- Height, rail to running board: 13' 6"[1]
- Side doors: 5' 6" wide, 7' 8" high[1]
- Tare: 36000 lbs.[2]
- Capacity: 60,000 lbs.[1]
- Volume: 2252 cubic feet[1]
Gallery
Apple loading with DAR boxcars No. 1238, 1267 and No. 1300, unknown location, circa 1894 - 1920.
DAR locomotive No. 33 "Glooscap" shunting boxcar No. 1267, probably on the Digby Wharf, late 1930s.
