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DAR0037
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 37 "Avon" and "Haliburton"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.
- Builder No. 26757
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- 54' 6 1/2" wheelbase length
- CPR Class: D6a
This locomotive was the first of many D6a class locomotives assigned to the DAR. It was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 936, renumbered as CPR No. 510 in 1908.[1] It was transferred to the DAR in September 1917 and became DAR No. 37, retaining this number until it was scrapped in 1939. The locomotive was first named "Avon" and later named "Haliburton".[2] No. 37 "Avon" was badly damaged in major wreck at Lawrencetown on April 14, 1925 when the Yarmouth-bound express with 300 passengers derailed at the highway crossing a quarter mile east of Lawrencetown causing 37 to topple off the rails and rip lose from its tender, plowing into an embankment on it side and badly twisting the cab structure. The locomotive fireman was badly injured but all else escaped unharmed.[3]
Name Origin: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted Nova Scotian writer of the 19th century and Windsor resident, author of Sam Slick novels and provincial history. Later used by DAR No. 2552.
Gallery
Engine 37 viewed from track in wreck at Lawrencetown April 14, 1925.
Engine 37 viewed from bank in wreck at Lawrencetown April 14, 1925.
Dominion Atlantic locomotive No. 37 at Mount Uniacke, May 2, 1927.
Engine No. 37, engineer Harry Ward with Train No. 98, at Digby Wharf with SS Princess Helene, circa 1930s.
“Haliburton” at Moncton in August 1935.
Slightly sharper image of Haliburton at Moncton August 1935.
Locomotive No. 37 "Haliburton" at Angus Shops in Montreal, August 29, 1937.
“Haliburton” number plate front, on display at CRHA Delson, Quebec.
“Haliburton” number plate back, on display at CRHA Delson, Quebec.
Known Photographs:
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR04013, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR04013/[4] (Aug. 28, 1936 in scrap line).
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08353, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08353/[5]
- Ingenium Archives, Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-06545, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/MAT-06545/[6] No. 37 at Angus Shops for scrapping
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258 & 348.
- ↑ "Wreck was one of the Worst on the D.A. Railway Engine Crew have Remarkable Escapes", Chronicle Herald, April 15, 1925. Carl Riff Notes
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/220/STR-04013_0f1e29a200e7debda0bb4194503a8f9a0210ce32.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08353_9aacdd3b03f8e7e70fa9ac4e46e1c4ba1ce9d347.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/98/MAT-06545_ea4940c6e3469b65d3aaee87c113aa406b730d12.jpeg
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
