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DAR0022
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 22 "Cerese"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Portland Works in August 1879.
- Builder No. 355
- 16" x 24" cylinders
- 60" drivers.
Built as Western Counties Railway locomotive No. 7 "W.R. Moody", it briefly became Windsor and Annapolis Railway No. 19 (1) before becoming DAR No. 22 "Cerese" in 1894.
It was destroyed by a fire on July 8, 1915 when the Kentville Roundhouse burned destroying No. 12 and No. 22.[1]
Name Origin: Unknown, possibly Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture.
Gallery
Slightly sharper images of Cerese at Windsor.
Known Photographs:
- Science and Technology Railway Collection - Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08347, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08347/[2]
- Jenkins Collection, Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18237, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18237/[3]
References and Footnotes
(1) WCR name and WAR number cited in labels to McQuinn Collection and Stephens Collection photographs at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
External Links
- ↑ "KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", Digby Courier, July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08347_449ca6c39bf196e33d53927564a610e506d1063b.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/234/STR-18237_3c60bdd416723d04aacd1194502a3d70e657a046.jpeg
