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Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive No. 45 (1st) "Clementsport" "Alexander" ~ 1928-1940
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.
- Builder No. 26750
- 20" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- 54' 6" engine and tender wheelbase length
- CPR Class: D6a
It was built as Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive No. 929, renumbered as CPR No. 503 in 1908.[1] It was transferred to the DAR in June 1928 and became DAR No. 45, "Clementsport" but was renamed "Alexander" by 1934. It was renumbered DAR No. 503 in 1940 as the DAR reverted to CPR style numbers but kept the name "Alexander". See No. 503 for details of its later career. It was sold to Canadian Gypsum in 1947.[2]
Name Origins:
- Clementsport village and scenic bridge crossing on the DAR near Annapolis Royal.
- Sir William Alexander, leader of "New Scotland" settlement attempt in 1632 which created Nova Scotia's present name and flag.
Gallery
“Alexander” at Digby circa 1927.
Arthur Palmeter checking the bearings on DAR locomotive No. 45 circa 1937.
“Alexander” at Wolfville on July 8, 1941.
Known Photographs:
- Photo of locomotive on page 46, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. Macdonald.
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08361, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08361/[3]
- Ingenium Archives, Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-06401, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/MAT-06401/[4]
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258, 294 & 348.
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08361_a41ba9306c83fafdfa80fa430b5f85ade9c54f04.jpeg
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/98/MAT-06401_1e42b0b3757f540f6fe5ed5491b8c0941acf666d.jpeg
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 45 (2nd) ~ 1941-1943
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0 Built by Canadian Locomotive Works at Kingston, Ontario in June 1913.
The DAR's second locomotive No. 45 was built in 1913 for the Quebec Central Railway (another subsidiary of the CPR) as QCR No. 45. A sister to DAR No. 44, it was not a standard CPR ten wheeler but part of a special order built for the Quebec Central. No. 44 was transferred to the DAR in 1941 or 1942 but "was not liked" and returned to the QCR about March 1943.[3] It was the last locomotive to receive a DAR number, as subsequent locomotives retained their CPR numbers.
Gallery
Known Photographs:
- Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR08362, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR08362/[4] Second 45 in Truro
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotives Companies 1854 to 1968 by Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, No. 428-432, p. 194.
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 363.
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- ↑ Permalink: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08362_8f07d07fe5ddf850012c21f273e371b44c14ce1a.jpeg
