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DAR006614
Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614
This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range assigned to the DAR to replace the older wooden buffet observation cars like Grand Pre and Annapolis Royal. No. 6613 was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and ice-activated air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills), ran on six wheel trucks and carried 22 parlor passengers[2] with a 12 seat dining section and a 6 person smoking room and a weight of 185,000 lbs.[3] Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were No. 6613 and No. 6616.
Gallery
Buffet Parlor car No. 6614 on what appears to be the Digby wharf.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
- ↑ CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35.
- ↑ CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1955, page 27.
