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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 518 "Poutrincourt"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built Schenectady Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York in November 1902.

  • Builder No. 26765
  • 20" x 26" cylinders
  • 63" drivers.
  • 54' 6" engine and tender wheelbase length
  • CPR Class: D6a (1)

It was transferred to the DAR in 1937 and scrapped in April of 1949(1)&(2)

Name Origins:

  • Jean de Biencourt, Baron de Poutrincourt, second governor of Acadia (1610-1615), the same name had been used by DAR No. 502.

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

References and Footnotes

(1) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 258, 294 & 348.

(3) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

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