Dominion Atlantic Railway Boxcar No. 1303

Wood 34' Double Sheath Box Car

One of the DAR's fleet of 34 foot general purpose wooden boxcars, often used to transport apples.

D.A.R. Series 1302 to 1307

Builder:
Date: 1902^[1]
Inside Length: 34' 8"^[2]
Inside Width: 8' 4"^[2]
Inside Height: 6' 10"^[2]
Outside Length: 35' 3"^[2]
Outside Width: 9' 8"^[2]
Height, rail to running board: 12' 4"^[2]
Side doors: 5' 6" wide, 6' 6" high^[2]
End Doors: 2' wide, 2' 10" high^[2]
Capacity: 60,000 lbs.^[2]
Volume: 1974 cubic feet^[2]

Gallery

Van No. 98 and Boxcar No. 1303 in the background.

References and Footnotes

↑ Date of build note on reverse of photo of No. 1302 taken by Charles McBride, circa 1937.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 ^2.9 Official Railway Equipment Register, July 1932

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 1303, Micmac.

Built as a C.P.R. 75' 6" (length over end sills) steel heavyweight CPR first class coach with 74 seats in the main compartment and 8 seats in the smoking room ^[1] in June 1929 by National Steel Car,^[2]1303 served on various DAR routes but became best known on the DAR Midland Line mixed trains from Windsor to Truro, one of the last mixed trains in Canada.

Coach No. 1303 was used on the Mixed Train Service until June 10, 1975 and replaced the next day June 11, 1975 by coach No. 1720 which ran until the mixed train service ended. See more details on the mixed train service on pages Train No. 21 and Train No. 22.

The coach was donated to the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa in October 1975 where it was given DAR lettering and named "Micmac" and served on steam excursions from the Museum. The Museum transferred the coach to the the British Columbia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in June 2000 and it is now preserved in New Westminister, British Columbia.

Gallery

Coaches No.1324 and No. 1303 at Kentville on August 10, 1971.
Windsor Railyard looking towards Midland line on August 7, 1973. Also visible is car No. 1303.
Coach 1303 in Windsor, Unknown Date.
No. 1303 at Kentville on August 31, 1973.
No. 8137 arrives with mixed train M21 at Truro (DAR) station in June 1974. The coach is No. 1303.
No. 8137 arriving with coach No. 1303 and caboose from M22 at Truro in June 1974.
No. 1303 at Truro Railyard on July 21, 1974.
Interior of Coach 1303, July 1974.
No. 1303 at Truro Railyard on January 19, 1975.
Van No. 437130 and coach No 1303 on the M22 at Clarksville on April 24, 1975.
Former No 1303 lettered Micmac on an excursion to Smith Falls, Ontario, July 1976.